Verification of number of items in an inventory to accurately value and audit the stock.

Goods that are acquired by theft, larceny or robbery. No legal right to the goods.

The delaying tactics used to refuse to co-operate or answer questions.

Stop order variation where the broker has been told to buy a security or commodity at a certain price level.

Short term policy that keeps a balance between 2 objectives that appear to be in contradiction with each other.

The term for the clause that stops the losses of the insurer at a set point.

Notification from account holder to the bank to stop a check being drawn on.

The price where a stop order generates the market order and the stop limit order generates the limit order.

Formal notice making a contractor stop working. If not started again contract is considered terminated.

Temporary or unplanned measures used to fix a problem that is unexpected.

Reinsurance taken out by a health plan or a plan funded by the employer.

A planned and deliberate break for a journey that is longer than 24 hours.

Goods that don’t lose value or degrade over a fairly lengthy period of time.

1. Goods and materials that are not in transit but in long term containment, holding or placement. 2. Managing warehouse’s and store houses. 3. Cost of storing.

Mode of communication where the transmission is asynchronous. Data is held at the sender’s end until the recipient is ready to receive it.

The side of the store that is facing the street and has windows for displaying stock and has the store entrance.

Policy cover damage to property as well as injury to the store keeper.

Function associated with holding items of inventory. See store.

The space between two floors or between the floor and the building’s roof. Between 3.0 and 3.5metres high.

any stock associated with a news item whose price is expected to move either up or down.