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bonus
bonus extra amount in money, bonds, or goods over what is normally due. The term is applied especially to payments to employees either for production in excess of the normal (wage incentive) or as a share of surplus profits. The wage incentive was designed during the late 19th cent. not only to... Read more |
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Deposits in Court
DEPOSITS IN COURT The payments of funds or property to an officer of the court as a precautionary measure during the pendency of litigation. The amount placed with the court constitutes the acknowledged liability of a person who is uncertain as to whom he or she is liable. The ascertainment... Read more |
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insurance
insurance or assurance, device for indemnifying or guaranteeing an individual against loss. Reimbursement is made from a fund to which many individuals exposed to the same risk have contributed certain specified amounts, called premiums. Payment for an individual loss, divided among many, does... Read more |
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bounty
bounty amount paid by a government for the achievement of certain economic or other goals. It often takes the form of a premium paid for the increased production or export of certain goods. The bounty was an important technique of mercantilist economic policy (see mercantilism ). Whereas a ... Read more |
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lien
lien claim or charge held by one party, on property owned by a second party, as security for payment of some debt, obligation, or duty owed by that second party. A lien may arise by agreement between the parties or by operation of law from the relation of the parties or the circumstances of their... Read more |
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Mechanics Lien
MECHANIC'S LIEN A charge or claim upon the property of another individual as security for a debt that is created in order to obtain priority of payment of the price or value of work that is performed and materials that are provided in the erection or repair of a building or other structure.... Read more |
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Tithes
tithes, a tax levied for the support of the church. Great tithes were those levied on major crops, such as wheat and oats. Small tithes were levied on minor produce, such as cheese and eggs. Personal tithes were levied on labour and the profits of trade. Monasteries in pre‐Norman Ireland had... Read more |
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nationalization
nationalization acquisition and operation by a country of business enterprises formerly owned and operated by private individuals or corporations. State or local authorities have traditionally taken private property for such public purposes as the construction of roads, dams, or public buildings.... Read more |
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Moynihan Report
Moynihan Report BIBLIOGRAPHY In early 1965 Daniel Patrick Moynihan (1927–2003), then assistant secretary for policy planning and research at the Department of Labor, completed a report that was eventually published as The Negro Family. In the report Moynihan had identified certain... Read more |
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Forest Gate to Acquire Oil and Gas Assets.
...Forest Gate Energy Inc. (TSXV: FGE) reports that it...acquire new oil production and reserves...a make a payment of $500...in these properties ranging between...Russelton property is located...northwest of Swift Current...Russelton property was producing gas ... |