Phone call made from outside the exchange area and charged on a per minute basis.

Long distance call paid for by the person being called. Free call in UK.

Arrangement where a company will process raw materials or partly completed goods for another company. Also known as toll processing.

Take or pay contract for the conversion, processing or transporting of finished products or raw material.

AN unusually heavy and large book or a volume from a collection that is often for scholars.

Transporter’s revenue unit equal to one ton of cargo moved one mile.

Refrigerator are air conditioner’s cooling capacity equal to 12,000 British thermal units, Btu, per hour.

1. Marketing. Emotional feeling or mood associated with a product. 2. Trading. Sentiment of the current market.

An ink that is a very fine powder and used in laser printers and copiers.

Unit of energy that is generated by burning one metric ton of coal that is equivalent to burning 5.2 barrels of oil, 890 cubic meters of gas that is 29.39 GJ, 27.78

Joint annuity where the amounts received by beneficiaries increases as number of beneficiaries decrease. Also known as Last survivor annuity.

Now illegal but popular after the civil war.

An implement or item that is used for a set purpose.

Manufacturing or working aids like cutting tools, dies, gauges etc., of a specialized nature whose use is limited to a certain line of production or a job.

Manufacturer or contractor incurred expenses in acquiring tooling needs to complete a contract or production line process.

Production process stage where all tools have been tested and are in place .

1. Communications. Where an employee is given information on prospects of actions and then given feedback. 2. Decision making. Approach where results are decided upon first and then the method to get

Procedure to try to stop an oil well from leaking. Large amounts of drilling mud are pumped back into the well under high pressures.

Unique internet address with designation showing country of origin determined by ISO 3155. If no country listed it is a US name.

1. Accounting. Figure of revenue shown on an income statement. 2. Budgeting. Largest sum of money that can be expected to be allocated for a program or department.