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UNCONSCIONABILITY

Degree of unreasonableness and unfairness of a contract or deal prompting a court to modify or nullify it.

UNDERAPPLIED OVERHEAD

Situation where overheads applied to work in progress, WIP, is less than overheads actual incurred.

UNBUNDLING

The process where a large item is broken into its smaller parts.

UNDERINSURED

Person without adequate cover for a loss or a damage or who cannot meet a requirement of co-insurance.

UNDERVALUED

A security with a price expected to rise due to it trading lower than is justified by its estimated and current earnings. See Bottom fishing; Value investing.

UNAUDITED OPINION

Certified Public Accountant’s decision not involved in preparing a financial statement is called in for a unbiased opinion.

UNEARNED REVENUE

Payment that is received before a service is provided or a good is sold.

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS

Examination that is detailed of a condition, circumstance, event or condition to gain understanding to assign credible probabilities to its outcome.

UNDERCLASS

People at the lowest level of society that have becomes victims of a poverty trap.

UNDERLOADING

Situation where a plant or machine runs at less than its full capacity in order to accommodate production rate or time for processing.

UNCERTAINTY AVOIDANCE

Accepting assumed explanations or causes as facts to escape discomfort are associated with uncertainty or ambiguity.

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