Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• ABSORPTION COSTING - the method under which all manufacturing costs, both variable and fixed, are treat...
  
  
• ABSORPTION RATE - The rate at which rentable space is filled. Gross absorption is a measure of the tota...
  
  
• ABSORPTION VARIANCE - the variance from budgeted absorption costing of manufactured product. See also A...
  
  
• ABSTRACT - The notes made by a title examiner based on his examination of the land records. These notes...
  
  
• ABSTRACT (OF TITLE) - A summary of the public records relating to the title to a particular piece of la...
  
  
• ABSTRACT OF JUDGMENT - A court document that states how much the loser of a lawsuit owes, and which cre...
  
  
• ABSTRACT OF TITLE - A full summary of all consecutive grants, conveyances, wills, records and judicial ...
  
  
• ABSTRACT PLANT - An assemblage, available to the public, of information and documents relating to title...
  
  
• ABSTRACTER - The person preparing the abstract of title. The abstracter searches the title as recorded ...
  
  
• ABSTRACTION (EXTRACTION) METHOD - A method by which the value of land may be established. Uses comparab...