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COMPOUNDING

Estimatig future value by adding compoud interest rates.

COMPRADORE

An agent from a foreign firm that acts for their country for a buyer.

COMPREG

Wood that is processed with rsin and compressed to make it stronger. Refer to impreg.

COMPREHENSIVE GENERAL LIABILITY

ACOMMERCIAL LINE of INSURANCE providing the INSURED with protection against all exposures except those specifically excluded, generally those arising from products, premises, and actions of independent contractors.

COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH INSURANCE

A policy that totally covers health realted charges incurred from a stay in a hospital or a doctor’s visit post deductible and coinsurance payments.

COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

Income that is adjusted due to fluctuations in the economy. If a firm experiences a forfeiture, their assets are adjusted.

COMPRESSED GAS

Gas, or a combination of more than one gas that is stored at an excess of 40 PSI – pounds per square inch – maintaining a temperature of 37.8 degrees Celcius goverened

COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS (CNG)

A fuel used by an internal combustion engine that produces minimum hydrocarbon, however a high nitrogen oxide output that is contained at a pressure between 3,000 to 3,600 pounds per square inch

COMPRESSED WORKWEEK

A forty hour workweek that is completed in less than the usual five days. One possibility is four 10 hour days.

COMPRESSION

1. forces that cursh a material squeezing it. 2. combining two or more departments in one. 3. AKA data compression.

COMPRESSION STRENGTH

How much stacking fiberboard can take before it breaks. It is printed on the container. AKA compression resistance, compressive strength, or crush resitance.

COMPS

The comparison of a companies income and output between the present year and the previous year in an attempt to forsee forthcoming profits or losses.

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