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buyer
buyer the buyer has need of a hundred eyes, the seller of but one warning to a purchaser that it is their responsibility to examine goods on offer. Recorded from the mid 17th century; a similar saying is found in Italian.let the buyer beware it is up to the buyer to establish the nature and value... Read more |
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greenmail
greenmail payment, by a corporation that is a takeover target, of a premium price for the shares of its stock that have been accumulated by the potential buyer. In exchange, the potential buyer stops the takeover bid.... Read more |
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draft
draft in banking, order by one party to another party to pay a stated sum to the person or firm in whose favor the draft is made. It is similar in form to the ordinary bank check . Often the drawer and the drawee of a draft are the same person. A sight draft is payable immediately on presentation... Read more |
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Software Piracy
Software Piracy When someone buys a commercial piece of software, such as Microsoft Office, he or she is bound by a copyright license that specifies how many machines the buyer can load with the software. Thus, a license agreement for a single user allows the buyer to load... Read more |
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Sally Victor
VICTOR, Sally American milliner Born: Sally Josephs in Scranton, Pennsylvania, 23 February 1905. Education: Studied painting in Paris. Family: Married Sergiu Victor, 1927; children: Richard. Career: Saleswoman, then millinery buyer, Macy's, New York, 1923-25; assistant millinery buyer, 1925,... Read more |
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Cross-Claim
CROSS-CLAIM A demand made in a pleading against another party on the same side of the lawsuit. For example, a manufacturer of desks shipped thirty desks to a buyer by truck. When the buyer refused to pay because the desks arrived in a damaged condition, the manufacturer sued both the buyer and... Read more |
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Closing
CLOSING The final transaction between a buyer and seller of real property. At the closing, all agreements between buyer and seller are finalized, documents are signed and exchanged, money passes to the seller, and title to the property passes to the buyer. Closings generally take place at... Read more |
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Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation commonly known as Freddie Mac, privately owned, government-sponsored organization that uses private capital to buy home mortgages as a means to help lower housing costs. A sister institution to the Federal National Mortgage Association , as well as a... Read more |
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Cooling-Off Period
COOLING-OFF PERIOD An interval of time during which no action of a specific type can be taken by either side in a dispute. An automatic delay in certain jurisdictions, apart from ordinary court delays, between the time when divorce papers are filed and the divorce hearing takes place. An amount of... Read more |
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Imports
Imports BIBLIOGRAPHY Imports are products or services shipped from producers in one country to users who are located in another country. While many import transactions involve a distinct buyer and seller, not all imports involve a market transaction, since some imports arise when a producer in... Read more |
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MEMO PAD: A BAZAAR COVER CHOICE...MIN MOVES UP...GENTLEMEN...
...features Madonna below the...Madonna's New Look." Fashion...photograph a celebrity spokesperson...Penelope Cruz in March 2001 when...part of this look that Harper...with her new look. So we ... |
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SEX, LIES, AND SARAJEVO; HEROISM AND DISABILITY
...news takes a back seat to gossip...There, editor Tina Brown...Kelly's letter from Bosnia...the-wall view of politics...Fair for March, as Herald...contents. Madonna looks anything...until ... |