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TARGET AUDIENCE

The identified group of people who will be the recipients of an advertising campaign. See target population.

TARE ALLOWANCE

Part of the gross weight that can be deducted as weight of ghee packaging or container.

TARGET COST

1. Contracting. Final cost that is agreed on. 2. Costing. Final cost of a service or product that needs to be achieved to generate desired sales revenue and income. See target costing.

TANGIBLE COMMON EQUITY

Calculated by deducting intangible assets, preferred costs of equity from the book value of a firm.

TARGET ORGAN TOXIN

A substance that won’t effect the whole body but will attack an organ or body system.

TARGETING STRATEGY

Selection of customers by a business wishing to sell services or products. Use market segments and choosing which ones to target.

TARGET RISK

The prospective holders of policies that are divided by age, race, sex and other demographic factors.

TARIFF RATE QUOTA

The import quota allowing a limited quantity of merchandise to enter a country that is to be consumed at a tariff at a reduced rate. Tariff quota.

TARGET POPULATION

The particular group of people that have been identified as the recipient of a campaign, product or advertisement.

TAP FEE

The connection cost when a business or home is connected to the water and public sewer systems.

TARIFF ESCALATION

Situation where import duties on components are lowest and then they increase towards the finished goods. See tariff anomaly.

TARGET VALUE

The output that is aimed for from process or the results aimed for in admeasurement.

TARIFF SCHEDULE

The list of prices, rates and charges that have ben arranged in some sort of order and are published. See import tariff schedule and shipping tariff schedule.

TARIFF RATE

A rate that is derived from data in a tariff of rates such as rating tables and schedules.

TAX ACCOUNTING

The accounting practices that incorporate laws for taxation that is regulated by the IRS.

TASK SIGNIFICANCE

The extent of the importance of an identifiable piece of work to other s within and outside of the organization.

TARGET START DATE

The calendar date when a goal or project is to be started. The date is initially an estimate that adjusts as the day nears for the launch of the new endeavor.

SWIPE

The act where a card is slid through a magnetic stripe reader.

TASK

The essential and smallest part of a job that is a unit of work differentiating from other parts of the project.

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