US term for liability for cleaning up hazardous wastes.

Commercial development where each establishment has road access and parking area access. Also known as a strip mall.

Achieved by the sale of standard packages of securities comprising common and preferred stock, convertible bonds with debt in fixed proportions. Also known as strips and can’t be confused with STRIPS.

State of the US dollar affecting imports and exports when traded for a higher value of foreign currency.

A market where sellers are outnumbered by buyers and prices are trending upwards.

Effected change in the frame work of an economy by impacts of policy reforms by reduction of state intervention and protectionism.

The formulas, intelligence, systems, policies, patents etc., resulting from products the firm has made over time.

Manner where the load bearing members of a framework support each other in load sharing.

European funds invested for purposes of economic development in Europe’s poorer nations.

Joblessness created by changes in demand not by lack of demand.

An economy or organization wide recurring change created by factors like seasonal patterns and long term trends.

A framework or construction with elements identifiable giving stability and form and able to resist strains and stresses.

Process of selling capital assets including any real estate in ways permitting deferrals of tax.

A fixed number of payments will be required over a fixed time period.

Corporation privately owned providing students with loans for graduate and under graduate studies.

The research, examination, identification of aspects or factors of an event or activity.

Process where cargo is loaded into empty containers then sealed and transported to a carrier. Also known as vanning.

System of classification used by Morning Star assisting investors with allocating assets.

The format for written communication followed by all departments of an organization.

Repeated observations in several contexts that become accepted as an empirical truth and set boundaries that all new hypotheses need to conform to.