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DESTINATION STORE

A big retail store that combines stores. There is mass merchanise available and variety plus low prices. The customes travel to get there and shop.

DETACHED

When a residence has no common walls. It is a permanent dwelling on a separate lot and ownership rights. It is a single family home. AKA single detached dwelling.

DETAIL PERSON

A agent that is a manufacturers representative that helps customers get what they need and offer help. They offer help to get sales up.

DETAILED

A thorough element or something with many parts. It takes lots of care.

DETAILER

A representative that pharmaceuticals hire to inform clients about a new product.

DETECTIVE CONTROL

Regularly auditing and surprise auditing to get problems early and prevent fraud and fund leaks.

DETERGENCY

How well a detergent cleans and adheres to stains to remove it.

DETERGENT

A cleaning agent that removes dirt and grease from a nonporous surface or a porous surface. It is made of soap or surfacants.

DETERIORATION

Downgrading effectiveness due to bad packaging or abnormal storage.

DETERMINISM

The idea that all things have to follow universal laws. Cause and effect are a central theme of this philosophy. There are only so many possibilities out there can occur based on

DETERMINISTIC

A process whose result depends on the previous stages. If a project has one outcome it is predetermined.

DETERMINISTIC EFFECT

An adverse effect on humans due to exposure to substance that varies by dose. A threshold is said to exist.

DETERMINISTIC METHODS

Equations that use the idea of future behaviors are predictable based on data. They ignore disturbances and shocks that can alter data.

DETERMINISTIC MODEL

When outcomes are decided through relationships in states and events with no variation. The same output is always assumed.

DEVALUATION

A reduction in currency value. It improves balance on payments but worsens inflation on imports.

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