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SANITARY SOLID WASTE

Solid waste that is not hazardous or radioactive that has risen from agricultural, domestic, commercial and industrial practices. Cardboard, glass, paper plastic but not dissolved solids and suspended soils.

SANITATION

The control of factors in the environment that could be a risk to health, development and survival.

SANITIZATION

The destruction of micro-organisms that could be harmful to health. Used on clothing and hard surfaces to destroy organisms by heat or chemicals. See disinfection and sterilization.

SANITIZER

an anti miocrobial agent that kills or renders inactive 99.9% of all known bacteria, viruses and fungi that are present on a surface. Based on toxic chemicals. See disnfectant and sterilant.

SANS RECOURSE ENDORSEMENT

See blank endorsement. An endorsement that says that the endorser does not want to incur any liability if the document is not honoured. It is also called without recourse or at the

SANS SERIF TYPE

A typeface that does not have extensions at each of the letters terminal points. It is sharp and clean and easy to read. When smaller than 10 points it becomes harder to

SATIATION

An activities saturation level where the maximum benefit is reached.

SATURATED MARKET

A market with little or no chance of further sales as all prospective customers have the product or a substitute that will do the same job.

SATURATION

A condition that implies that no more product can be introduced into the market.

SAVINGS CERTIFICATE

A receipt that is issued by a savings bank, building societyor credit union that certifies the ownership of a fixed term deposit. Shows tha holders name, interest rate and amount deposited as

SAY ON PAY

A corporate law that allows shareholders a say in how much the executives should be paid.

SCAB

An employee who works when others are on strike, accepts work where is a strike is being held, works in place with no union or works under non union conditions where a

SCALABLE

1. A plant or facility whose performance, size or user numbers can be increased due to demand without penalties to cost and functionality. 2. A system that is designed to handle different

SCALAR CHAIN

A chain of command that is straight from the top office to the lowest position.

SCALAR PRINCIPLE

A classic management rule where each subordinate reports directly to his senior person and not any higher on the management chain.

SCALE DRAWING

The size of a drawing in relation to the actual size of the object drawn.

SCALE ORDER

A buyers order for his broker that allows for a client to move with the market trends.

SCALE PROBLEM

A situation in financial management where the internal rate of return (IRR) method may lead to an investor choosing a higher IRR that may give him a lower return than a project

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