Advantage, profit, right, or share that (unlike a contingent interest) is not subject to any condition. See also vested interest.
Alternative term for strict liability.
Alternative term for pure risk.
Complete internet address that takes one to the exact directory or file of a website. Also called absolute link. See also relative URL.
Statement of what a scholarly or complex written work contains, presented as a summary usually by someone other than the author of the work. An abstract aims to present only the gist of the subject matter, stresses brevity, and makes no attempt to preserve the flavor or style of the original. See also abridgment, digest, outline, précis, summary, and synopsis.
Alternative term for abstract of title.
Litigious action that is obviously in bad faith (such as one meant to delay the delivery of justice), frivolous, or vexatious (see vexatious action), and which is therefore either dismissed or stayed by the courts as misuse (abuse) of the legal process.
Termination of the contract of employment which, while correctly following the legal procedure, is nevertheless an abuse of managerial power in its harshness, unfairness, or vindictiveness. Such abuse of power is in itself illegal in many countries. See also unfair dismissal and wrongful dismissal.
Amount charged by an accepting bank (or an accepting house) for taking on the legal obligation of paying a bill of exchange on its maturity date, whether the importer pays it or not.
Unlike a normal L/C, this type of documentary credit does not promise to pay the beneficiary immediately upon presentation of the customary documents, but has the additional requirement of a time or term draft drawn on a named bank.
Process by which a buyer (called a 'drawee') accepts the seller's bill of exchange by signing under the words 'accepted' on face of the bill. By this act, the drawee becomes the acceptor and converts the bill into a post-dated check—an unconditional obligation to pay it on or before its maturity date.
Risk management technique appropriate where the cost of managing the risk is acceptable because the risk level is insufficient to justify the cost of risk avoidance.
Level of authorization to read and/or modify a record or datafile.
Extent to which a consumer or user can obtain a good or service at the time it is needed.
Amount billed for additional, supplemental, or special services provided, usually as a flat fee.
Supplemental or special services provided in addition a basic service.
Customers who have bought a firm's products at least once in a 12 month period. Active customers are more likely (than the non-active or occasional customers) to buy again.
Retirement benefit schemes under which amounts to be paid as retirement benefits are determinable usually by reference to employee's earnings and/or years of service
is a pool of money normally set apart for a purpose, for example, a pension fund to provide pensions.
