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 42 of 64: from “power dive” to “program trading”.
- power dive noun A steep dive in an aircraft accelerated by an engine delivering thrust at or near full power.
- power electronics noun A technology and engineering field within electronics, concerning electric power delivery and distribution.
- power factor noun The ratio of the actual power to the apparent power in an alternating current power system; specifically, the cosine of the phase angle…
- power gap noun The difference between two people that causes one person to treat the other person badly, because the other person is seen as lower than…
- power shovel noun A bucket-equipped machine, usually electrically powered, used for digging and loading earth or fragmented rock and for mineral extraction.
- power to gas noun The storing of generated electrical power as a gaseous substance, usually by electrolyzing water into hydrogen and oxygen gases and…
- power wall noun In retail selling, a large, visually appealing display of products intended to attract the interest of customers.
- power-cycle verb To turn a device off and then back on again, usually to restore proper function by forcing a malfunctioning or unresponsive device to reset…
- power-egg noun A complete unitized modular engine installation, consisting of engine and all ancillary equipment, which can be swapped between suitably…
- power-hungry adj Of a device, using or requiring a large amount of electrical power.
- powerful adj Large; capacious; said of veins of ore.
- PowerPointlessness noun The senseless and excessive use of PowerPoint as a communication medium, characterized by an overreliance of superficial visual effects…
- PPBM noun Positive Passenger Bag Match. An airline system used to ensure that baggage is not loaded on an aircraft if the passenger does not board.
- PPT noun Initialism of parts per trillion.
- PR noun Initialism of purchase requisition.
- practical completion noun In a construction contract, the point at which the property can be occupied and used. Typically, half of the retention monies are released…
- pre-approval letter noun An official document confirming that an applicant for a mortgage has been qualified to borrow a certain amount of money at, or below, a…
- pre-packaged bankruptcy noun A filing for bankruptcy by submitting to the court a virtually complete plan designed to avoid a protracted court-guided period of…
- pre-to-post adj Relating to the change in a potential consumer's attitude to goods or services as a result of seeing or hearing an advertisement for them.
- prebaking noun surface modification by heating prior to another operation
- preboard verb To set the shape of (a garment, especially a stocking) by heating on a form or board before dyeing.
- precision approach noun An instrument approach using a guidance system that provides guidance in the vertical as well as the horizontal plane, such as ILS, PAR, or…
- precooler noun A device which cools the incoming airstream prior to its introduction into the combustion chamber or compressor.
- precount noun The period and procedures taken before a countdown.
- precredit adj Before credit is taken into account.
- predatory pricing noun A strategy of selling a good or service at a very low price so as to drive one's competitors out of business (at which point one can raise…
- predeveloper noun An agent who acquires land for the purpose of later development.
- predraft verb To pull fibers slightly out of the top or roving prior to spinning.
- prefade verb To give (clothing, etc.) a faded appearance at the time of manufacture.
- preference stock noun Synonym of preferred stock.
- preferred noun Preferred stock.
- preferred creditor noun A creditor who will have, in the event of the debtor's bankruptcy, greater rights of collecting than other creditors.
- preferred stock noun Stock with a dividend, usually fixed, that is paid out of profits before any dividend can be paid on common stock and that has priority to…
- preforcing noun Treatment of a plant in preparation to force it to undergo a certain stage of development earlier than normal.
- preharvesting noun Tasks carried out in preparation for harvesting, such as checking crop readiness and soil conditions and arranging logistics and storage.
- premarket adj Prior to a product's official market release
- premium noun The amount to be paid for an insurance policy.
- Premium Bond noun A method of financial investment available to British citizens where, instead of interest payments, investors have the chance to win…
- prepack noun A bankruptcy procedure in which a restructuring plan is agreed before the company declares itself insolvent.
- prepayment noun A cost paid in a fiscal year prior to the fiscal year in which the cost is recognized
- prepublic adj Before becoming a public company in which anybody can buy shares.
- preroll noun An advertisement that plays before the main content.
- prescaler noun A counting circuit used to reduce a high-frequency electrical signal to a lower frequency by integer division.
- preset noun A kind of variable resistor designed to have its resistance set while building the circuit, and then left at that value.
- president noun A person presiding over a corporation, usually an executive overseeing daily operations under a chief executive officer but sometimes a…
- presplit verb To shape the outcome of an explosive blast by forming cracks in advance.
- press verb To activate a button or key by exerting a downward or forward force on it, and then releasing it.
- press box noun In a cotton gin, the box in which lint is compacted by a tramper.
- presser foot noun The part of a sewing machine which rests on the fabric and presses it down upon the table of the machine and against the feed dog.
- pressure altimeter noun A device which measures the altitude by performing measurement of the ambient pressure and comparing it against a reference pressure at a…
- pressure altitude noun A measure of altitude inferred by the measurement of ambient pressure in differential with a reference pressure at a known altitude.
- pressure suit noun A sealed, full-body garment, usually with an attachable helmet, which maintains air pressure or mechanical pressure around the body of an…
- pressure wire noun Any of a set of wires leading from various points of an electrical system to a central station, where a voltmeter indicates the potential…
- prestitial adj Of a webpage, usually carrying advertising: displayed when the user arrives on a site and before they are shown the desired content.
- prestress verb To apply stress to structural components in order to produce a tension that counteracts the loads to which the component is subjected in…
- preswirl noun The deliberate imparting of a swirling motion to the incoming airflow, to reduce drag on the rotor blades.
- pretension verb To apply tension to reinforcing strands before concrete is poured in.
- pretensional adj Synonym of pretension.
- pretrigger adj Prior to the activation of a trigger.
- price point noun A price, viewed as one of a number of prices for related retail goods.
- price realization noun Getting the utmost return out of one’s pricing strategy, while not breaking it down: i.e. squeezing the customer.
- price skimming noun A price-setting strategy in which a new product or service is offered at the highest practical price (to capture consumer surplus or…
- price-earnings ratio noun The ratio of share price to earnings per share used as an indication of the relative value of the share.
- price-lining noun The technique of offering goods or services at a range of separated price points so as to give the impression of a hierarchy of quality.
- prick verb Usually in the form prick out: to plant (seeds or seedlings) in holes made in soil at regular intervals.
- pricking noun A nicking.
- prill noun A nugget of virgin metal.
- primary noun A radar return from an aircraft (or other object) produced solely by the reflection of the radar beam from the aircraft's skin, without…
- primary market noun The part of the financial markets that deals with the issuance of new securities.
- primary time noun The amount of time in which a pilot is actively controlling the aircraft, excluding time flown while instructing and evaluating.
- prime implicant noun A group of related 1's (implicant) on a Karnaugh map which is not subsumed by any other implicant in the same map. Equivalently (in terms…
- princess cut noun A garment style in which vertical panels of material are shaped to follow the outline of the figure.
- principal noun The money originally invested or loaned, on which basis interest and returns are calculated.
- print verb To produce an observable value.
- printed circuit board noun A flat board that holds chips and other electronic components in layers that interconnect by means of copper pathways, often called traces.
- prior noun The head of a company.
- prior knowledge noun Prior to the inception of an insurance policy, knowledge of specific extant circumstances that could reasonably give rise to a claim under…
- prism noun A cutting (“open passage at a level lower than the surrounding terrain, dug for a canal, railway, or road to go through”) or an embankment…
- private adj Not traded by the public.
- private sector noun All organizations in an economy or jurisdiction that are not controlled by government, including privately owned businesses and…
- privilege noun A stock market option.
- privileged debt noun A debt to which a preference in payment is given out of the estate of a deceased or insolvent person.
- privileged sanctuary noun A category of a commercial transaction in which one business or organization holds exclusive rights to operate.
- probe noun A tube attached to an aircraft which can be fitted into the drogue from a tanker aircraft to allow for aerial refuelling.
- probe-and-drogue adj Pertaining to a method of aerial refuelling whereby a probe from the receiving aircraft fits into a trailing hose with drogue attachment…
- process noun The set of procedures used in the manufacture of a product, especially in the food and chemical industries.
- procure to pay phrase The business events that link the procurement process with the financial functions of a business, including supply management…
- product code noun A unique identifier assigned to a manufactured or finished product to distinguish it for marketing, sales, inventory or tracking purposes.
- product differentiation noun Perceived differences between the product of one firm and that of its rivals so that some customers value it more.
- product line noun All the goods sold by a manufacturing firm.
- product placement noun A form of advertising where a brand or product is incorporated into non-advertising media such as films.
- product sample noun A sample of a consumer product that is given to the consumer free of charge so that they may evaluate a product before committing to a…
- production line noun A set of sequential operations established in a factory whereby materials are put through a refining process or components are assembled to…
- production order noun Order issued within a company to produce a specific quantity of material within a certain timeframe.
- productization noun The act of modifying something, such as a concept or a tool internal to an organization, to make it suitable as a commercial product.
- profit noun Total income or cash flow minus expenditures. The money or other benefit a non-governmental organization or individual receives in exchange…
- profit center noun A unit or department of a company which is expected to make an identifiable contribution to the organization's profits.
- profit taking noun The act of extracting profit, as cash or equivalent, from an investment, often by selling part of it.
- profit warning noun An announcement by a company to its shareholders and other investors that its profits are likely to be less than expected.
- program trading noun High-volume and high-speed buying and selling of investment securities, such as stocks and bonds, which is initiated and executed by…