A specification that cites a brand name, model name, model number or some other designation that identifies a specific product as an example of the desired quality of merchandise.

The extent to which the general public (or an organization’s target market) is able to identify a brand by its attributes.

A yellow alloy of copper and zinc or a decorative object made of such an alloy.

To determine feasibility of the product that is intended, there’s a prototype configured for the testing straight out the laboratory. Also may be compared with breadboard configuration.

When a firm is listed on a nameplate of brass but without any real existence. This applies to the registered legal address.

Form, fix, or join by soldering with an alloy of copper and zinc at high temperature. Also refer to braze.

Failure to live up to the terms of a contract. The failure may provoke a lawsuit, in which an aggrieved party asks a court to award financial compensation for the loss brought

An experimental device (or group of devices) used to determine feasibility and to develop technical data. It will normally be configured for laboratory use to demonstrate the technical principles of immediate interest.

A line of people waiting to receive free food.

Used to gauge the number of stocks advancing and declining for the day. If the breadth indicator is strong, this theory predicts that the market will be rising and vice versa.

A FORWARD contract with a feature giving one party the ability to cancel the transaction at a future time in order to complete the underlying deal in the SPOT MARKET; if the

Amount of time between leaving a company and returning to work at the same company; used in calculating benefits in regard to leaves of absence, short-term disability, and other extended periods of

The action of breaking something or a thing that has been broken.

The difference between the value of the remaining loan repayments at the original fixed rate and their value at the present market rate.

A price gap that forms on the completion of an important price pattern. A breakaway gap usually signals the beginning of an important price move.

Loose, non-containerized cargo stowed directly into a ship

A failure of a relationship or of communication or a collapse of a system of authority due to widespread transgression of the rules.

When employees are reactive to equipment failure and effectuate repairs only after a failure has occurred on a piece of equipment. Frequently, breakdown maintenance requires a maintenance prioritization system. These systems frequently

A point where any difference between plus or minus or equivalent changes side.

An analysis method used to determine the number of jobs or products that need to be sold to reach a break-even point in a business.