The arrangement with a customer and their goods that is a complete sale. AKA reservation and transaction .
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BOOKING CLASS
The class of air travel that is not first class or economy. AKA class of service and class of travel.
BOOKKEEPING
Recording financial aspects of transactions in accounting books.
BOOKLAND
In English law . Land, also called ” charter-land ,” which was held by deed under certain rents and free services, and differed in nothing from free socage land. 2 […]
BOOKLET
A publication that is bound with less than 20 pages. Refer to brochure.
BOOKMAKER
a professional betting man who takes bets from many people on different sporting events and then distributes money to the winners.
BOOKMARK
1. a feature on the internet browser that lets a user see a site they visited before. A saved link is used. AKA favorites. 2. Inserting a placeholder to go […]
BOOKS
All the volumes which contain authentic reports of decisions in English courts, from the earliest times to the present, are called, par exccllcnce, “The Books.” Wharton.
BOOKS OF ACCOUNT
The books in which merchants, traders, and business men generally keep their accounts. Parris v. Bellows. 52 Vt. 351; Com. v. Williams, 9 Mete. (Mass.* 273; Wilson v. Wilson, 6 […]
BOOKS OF FINAL ENTRY
Ledgers that are handled manually that the book of original entry is transfered to. For computerized accounting it is automatically transferred.
BOOKS OF ORIGINAL ENTRY
Journals that the transaction is first recorded in. For a computerized system its only entered once.
BOOLEAN ALGEBRA
Studies binary variables that may only have two values which are true (1) and false (0), and also studies the mathematical operations performed on them. A set of rules known […]
BOOLEAN SEARCH
Also known as logical operators, they are the use of Boolean operators (And, Or, Not). They aide in making keyword based text searches more accurate. Search Engines on the web […]
BOOM
An inclosure formed upon the surface of a stream or other body of water, by means of piers and a chain of spars, for the purpose of collecting or storing […]
BOOM AND BUST CYCLE
Business activity increases due to several events in the economy. Afterward, events take place that decrease activity for business and this is a rinse and repeat process.
BOOM COMPANY
A company formed for the purpose of improving streams for the floating of logs, by means of booms and other contrivances, and for the purpose of running, driving, booming, and […]
BOOMAGE
A charge on logs for the use of a boom in collecting, storing, or rafting them. Lumber Co. v. Thompson, 83 Miss. 499, 35 South. 828. A right of entry […]
BOOMERANG METHOD
When a customer has objections or doubts, this method relies on turning those around to make the customer make a quick purchase.
BOOMLET
A minor temporary increase in asset price or index. The increase is small but is still significant and noticeable and also applies to population and commercial activity.
BOON DAYS
In English law . Certain days in the year (sometimes called “due days”) on which tenants in copyhold were obliged to perform corporal services for the lord. Whishaw.
BOOT
1. Computing: Refer to booting 2. Law: Compensation for an unfair exchange. 3. Taxation: When a non-taxable exchange is made into a taxable one, to it’s fair price value.
BOOT, OR BOTE
An old Saxon word, equivalent to “estovers.”
BOOTING
When a computer is started up or the operating system is restarted. There are two types of booting which are (cold boots) and (warm boots). Cold Booting is simply when […]
BOOTING, OR BOTING, CORN
Certain rent corn, anciently so called. Cowell.
BOOTLEGGING
The illegal sales of intoxicating liquor or of stolen merchandise .