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GAP OPENING

Area between the price of the first trade of the day if over the previous day’s high or if under the previous day’s low. Refer to Gap; Breakaway Gap; Exhaustion Gap; Runaway

GAP PERIOD

Duration for calculating total earnings on excess deferral distributions from Roth IRA and relevant 401(k) plans. Typically occurs between a distribution date and a calendar segment end date, quarterly or yearly.

GAP RATIO

Calculated as the worth of a company’s short-term investments against short-term expenses. Measures recognized profit at investment due-date.

GAPPING

The process of deliberately mismatching ASSETS and LIABILITIES in order to take advantage of an anticipated change in INTEREST RATES. Although gapping has the potential of generating greater returns, it can also

GARAGE COVERAGE FORM

Auto repair shops, dealerships, or garages, any business’s commercial coverage for multiple automobiles on their premises.

GARBAGE-IN, GARBAGE-OUT (GIGO)

Computer industry phrase. Denotes that a program working on inaccurate data yields only misleading results. Promotes the attitude of assuring high quality of source information for a computerized system to better assure

GARMAN KOHLHAGEN MODEL

Foreign exchange’s European call option value estimating formula. Risk-free interest rate paid on foreign currency is a continuous dividend yield in this formula. Borrowing and lending takes place at the same interest

GARNISHMENT PAYABLE

Legal action requiring a company to record an involved employee’s wages even if the employee received no wages.

GAS EXPORTING COUNTRIES FORUM (GECF)

Venezuela, Trinidad & Tobago, Russia, Qatar, Nigeria, Libya, Iran, Equatorial Guinea, Egypt, Bolivia and Algeria formed a group in 2001 that controlled 70% of the world’s gas production.

GAS GUZZLER TAX

Tax on vehicle total purchase price if fuel efficiency is less than 22.5 miles per gallon. Typically paid by the automobile manufacturer or importing dealership. Likely passed on to the buyer somehow.

GAS WELDING

Producing coalescence with one or more gas flames, usually oxygen and acetylene in a process to join metal at the piece’s ends, with or without the use of a filler metal.

GASFIELD

Where gas wells are drilled, in an onshore or offshore geographical area.

GASOHOL

Mixture of nine parts of unleaded gasoline by volume with one part of ethanol, ethyl alcohol. Ethanol source is fermented agricultural produce, typically corn. ‘Gasohol’ is a registered trademark of the Nebraska

GASOLINE

A petroleum product derived from crude oil. Internal combustion engine fuel. A highly flammable liquid that evaporates during engine use. Auto-manufactures now build vehicles to use less gasoline, and mixtures. Increased demand

GASTROENTERITIS

Inflammation of the stomach and the intestines. General symptoms include abdominal pain, diarrhea, fever, headache, nausea, and vomiting. Typical cause is varied. Also caused by lactose intolerance. Some common causes are bacteria

GATE

1. Aircraft entry and exit point in a designated area in an airport terminal. 2. Refer to logic gate.

GATEKEEPER

Authorized person with access control to a decision maker or specific information. Typically a junior officer or a secretary.

GATEKEEPER MODEL

The patient’s contact point, referring patients for testing and to specialists. Typically, the patient’s primary care physician in certain types of HMO or PPO.

GATEWAY

1. In General, this is an access point to an agency, a system, or specific information. Typically is another agency or mechanism that provides access. 2. In Computer networks, this is a

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