This page gathers the 6,342 dictionary entries belonging to the domain “Business”, as labelled by Wiktionary. Each word leads to its full entry: definitions, etymology, pronunciation, examples. Page 31 of 64: from “l” to “ligne”.
- l adj Initialism of large (of the manufactured size).
- labyrinth noun A maze formed by paths separated by high hedges.
- lacing noun Lagging, or cross-pieces placed to prevent ore from falling into a passage.
- laddering noun A process of soil compaction that serves to break up clods and level a field.
- lag noun Clipping of lag screw.
- laitance noun A weak, milky layer of cement and aggregate fines on a concrete surface that is usually caused by an overwet mixture, overworking the…
- lamb noun One who ignorantly speculates on the stock exchange and is victimized.
- lambda noun The percentage change in an option value divided by the percentage change in the underlying asset's price.
- lame duck noun A person who cannot fulfill their contracts.
- laminar adj In the form of thin flat electronic circuits, usually flexible
- Lancastrian noun A modified version of the Lancaster bomber, used in civilian service in the immediate postwar years.
- land noun The ground left unploughed between furrows.
- landed cost noun The end cost of an internationally shipped item. This includes purchase price, freight, insurance, and other costs and may sometimes…
- lander noun A person who waits at the mouth of the shaft to receive the kibble of ore.
- landing gear noun The wheels, tyres, brakes, shock absorbers etc of an aircraft.
- landing page noun A web page at which a user first arrives when visiting a website, now especially one optimized for a marketing campaign or for lead…
- landing roll noun The distance from the point of touchdown to the point of deceleration where the aircraft can be brought to a complete stop or exit the…
- landing strip noun A runway for aircraft, especially one which is auxiliary or temporary.
- landlocked adj Of a property or parcel, surrounded by other property and having no access to a public road.
- lapping noun A form of fraud in which payments in the accounts are repeatedly delayed between periods, or diverted between customers, to conceal a theft.
- large adj That is large (the manufactured size).
- large scale integration noun An integration type for digital circuits that contain tens of thousands of transistors providing thousands of logic gates per chip.
- laser verb To point a laser at an aircraft, potentially disorienting the pilot or pilots.
- last in first out adj Of or pertaining to any situation where the last to arrive is the first to go, or a data structure where the most recently added item is…
- last survivor adj Describing a joint life insurance policy that pays out in the event that both of the lives assured have died (not necessarily at the same…
- lasting noun In full lasting cloth: a durable, plain woven fabric formerly used for making clothes and for the uppers of women's shoes.
- latch noun An electronic circuit that is like a flip-flop, except that it is level triggered instead of edge triggered.
- latch-up noun A kind of short circuit caused by the inadvertent creation of a low-impedance path between the power supply rails of a MOSFET circuit.
- latcher noun A mining surveyor.
- late bloomer noun A flowering plant that blooms later in a growing season than other flowering plants.
- latency noun A delay, an interval between the initiation of something and the occurrence.
- lateral noun An employee hired for a position at the same organizational level or salary as their previous position.
- lath noun One of the sharp-edged, thick planks driven forward to hold back loose earth or mud when digging the way through for tunnelling or spiling.…
- lathe noun A machine tool used to shape a piece of material, or workpiece, by rotating the workpiece against a cutting tool.
- launch window noun The specific time period during which a rocket or spacecraft may be launched in order to achieve its mission.
- launder noun A trough used by miners to receive powdered ore from the box where it is beaten, or for carrying water to the stamps, or other apparatus…
- lauter adj Clear.
- lavaliere noun A pussy bow.
- lavatory noun A plumbing fixture used for washing: a sink.
- law noun A mode of operation of the flight controls of a fly-by-wire aircraft.
- lawful money noun Any type of money that is permitted to be circulated as a medium of exchange as directed by the laws of a nation.
- lawyer up verb To conduct matters in accord with legal formalities or so as to avoid legal risk.
- layout noun A specification of an integrated circuit showing the position of the physical components that will implement the schematic in silicon.
- lazy bed noun a ridge of ground generally used for growing potatoes and sometimes also for raising corn, the seed being laid on the surface and covered…
- lazy eight noun An aerobatic maneuver consisting of 1/4 looping up, wingover (left or right), 1/2 looping down+up, wingover (right or left), 1/4 looping…
- lazy girl job noun A job that is well paying, does not demand long hours or too much effort, and can often be done remotely.
- lazy Kate noun In spinning, a device used to hold one or more spools or bobbins in place while the yarn on them is manipulated.
- lazy Susan noun Synonym of round trip (“form of barter involving selling and buying back”).
- leacher noun A substance that leaches from the soil.
- lead noun The person in charge of a project or a work shift etc.
- lead-lag noun In helicopters, the movement of main rotor blades in the plane of rotation due to the inward and outward shifting of their centres of…
- leader noun A loss leader or a popular product sold at a normal price.
- leading edge noun The frontmost edge of a wing or other airfoil of an aircraft; sometimes contains slots or slats.
- leaf noun A sheet of a book, magazine, etc. (consisting of two pages, one on each face of the leaf).
- leakguard noun On a diaper or menstrual pad, a tight barrier around the legs, usually a gusset made from firm waterproof or stay-dry materials, that…
- lean adj Efficient, economic, frugal, agile, slimmed-down; pertaining to the modern industrial principles of "lean manufacturing".
- lean thinking noun A methodology focused on maximizing customer value while minimizing waste through continuous improvement.
- leans noun A dangerous sensory illusion where the pilot of an aircraft believes themselves to be in a bank when they are actually wings-level, or…
- leap noun A fault.
- leapfrogging noun The idea that small and incremental innovations lead the dominant firm to stay ahead, whereas radical innovations will permit new firms to…
- leaseback noun A property transaction where a party sells something, then leases it from the purchaser. The seller is released from tax, depreciation, and…
- ledge noun A piece of timber to support the deck, placed athwartship between beams.
- ledger noun A distributed ledger, a public financial transaction database, typically using a blockchain.
- leg noun A branch circuit; one phase of a polyphase system.
- leg out verb To dispose of a debt to avoid integrated treatment under US tax law.
- legal interest noun The amount of interest that is allowed or required to be charged by law; an interest rate determined by law.
- legal name noun The name of an organization as indicated in its founding documents, or as subsequently changed by a legal process.
- LEM noun Originally Lunar Excursion Module, latterly Lunar Module.
- lendability noun Money available to be lent.
- lender of last resort noun The institution in a financial system that acts as the provider of liquidity to a financial institution that finds itself unable to obtain…
- let down verb To lengthen by undoing and resewing a hem.
- let something ride verb To decline to exit an investment position in expectation of continued (as opposed to new) growth.
- let through noun A transient voltage spike that is allowed to pass through a power conditioning unit to the load
- letter bond noun A bond that is not registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and cannot be sold to the public.
- letter of advice noun A letter notifying the recipient of the details of a commercial transaction, such as one notifying the purchaser that goods have been…
- letter of comfort noun A letter that is not legally binding but provides some form of assurance about the financial position of an entity.
- letter of credit noun A document, used primarily in trade finance and issued generally by a financial institution, in which the institution promises to pay debts…
- letter of guarantee noun A document issued by a bank that ensures a beneficiary is paid if a bank customer defaults on a payment or obligation.
- lettermark noun A text-only logo consisting of the initials of a brand name or business.
- lettice cap noun A high fashion cap worn in 16th-century England, typically made of white fur from the least weasel, or sometimes velvet.
- level set verb To establish a baseline of mutual understanding
- level-triggered adj Describing a circuit or component whose output is sensitive to changes of the inputs only so long as the clock input's signal is high.
- lever verb To increase the share of debt in the capitalization of a business.
- leverage verb To use; to exploit; to manipulate in order to take full advantage (of something).
- leveraged buyout noun A transaction in which a business firm, or a controlling share of a firm, is purchased using money which was borrowed by pledging all or…
- ley noun Arable land used temporarily for hay or grazing.
- Li-ion noun Abbreviation of lithium ion battery.
- liabilities noun An amount of money that is owed and has to be paid in the future, such as tax, debt, interest, and mortgage payments.
- liability noun Any kind of debt recorded on the right-hand side of a balance sheet.
- life verb To replace components whose operational lifetime has expired.
- lifestyle noun The totality of the likes and dislikes of a particular section of the market, especially when expressed in terms of the products and…
- lift verb To buy a security or other asset previously offered for sale.
- lift-to-drag ratio noun The instantaneous ratio of lift to drag of an aerodynamic article such as an a wing, entire aircraft or bird.
- liftoff noun The point in the launch of a rocket or an aircraft where it leaves contact with the ground.
- liftout noun The practice of luring a whole team of employees away from a competitor and hiring them oneself.
- LIGA noun A manufacturing process involving lithography, electroplating, and molding, used microstructures with a very high aspect ratio.
- light carrier noun A category of aircraft carrier smaller in size and with a lower aircraft complement than a navy's standard carriers.
- lightning carrier noun A small light fast aircraft carrier specialized in operating VTOL aircraft, used for controlling sea lanes, convoy escort, and…
- lights out adj Done or performed in the dark because of a fully automated working environment. Often describes night shift or third shift work.
- ligne noun A unit of length used for measuring the diameter of buttons.