An experiment under controlled conditions of a lab. AKA field experiment.
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FIELD UNDERWRITING
The first decisions of an insurance agent about the possible client to see if they meet underwriting standards.
FIELD WAREHOUSING
A mortgage that a lender gets a loan with a lien. The access is controled by the lender that releases the goods when paid.
FIELD-ALE
An ancient custom in England, by which officers of the forest and bailiffsof hundreds had the right to compel the hundred to furnish them with ale. Tom- lins.
FIERDING COURTS
Ancient Gothic courts of au inferior jurisdiction , so called. because four were instituted within every Inferior district or hundred. 3 Bl. Comm. 34.
FIERI
Lat. To be made; to be done. See IN FIERI.
FIERI FACIAS
(That you cause to be made.) In practice . A writ of executioncommanding the sheriff to levy and make the amount of a judgment from the goodsand chattels of the […]
FIERI FECI
(I have caused to be made.) In practice . The name given to the returnmade by a sheriff or other officer to a writ of fieri facias , where he […]
FIFO
An abbreviated for of a FirstIn or FirstOut.
FIFTEENTHS
In English law . This was originally a tax or tribute, levied at intervalsby act of parliament , consisting of one-fifteenth of all the movable property of thesubject or personalty […]
FIGHT
An encounter, with blows or other personal violence, between two persons.See State v. Gladden, 73 N. C. 155; Carpenter v. People, 31 Colo. 2S4, 72 Pac. 1072;Coles v. New York […]
FIGHTING BRAND
A price that is lower or different than the main brand. It protects the brand without cutting price. Once cheaper versions are off the market than the brand is established.
FIGHTING THE TAPE
Buying or selling an investment during a down market. It devalues the investments so it is frowned upon.
FIGHTWITE
Sax. A mulct or fine for making a quarrel to the disturbance of thepeace. Called also by Cowell ” forisfactura BL.LAW DICT.(2D ED.)
FIGURE
1. a form having 3 lines or more. 2. digits that represent a number.
FIGURE OF MERIT
The value that is the effectiveness , efficiency and performance from analysis.
FIGURING THE TAIL
The predicted yield of a money market vehicle an investor buys when they get a future instrument . It is partially financed with the term repo.
FILACER
An officer of the superior courts at Westminster , whose duty it was to filethe writs on which he made process. There were fourteen filacers, and it was their dutyto […]
FILARE
In old English practice. To file. Townsh. PI. 07.
FILE
n. A thread, string, or wire upon which writs and other exhibits in courts andoffices are fastened or filed for the more safe-keeping and ready turning to the same.Spelman ; […]
FILE ALLOCATION TABLE (FAT)
The hard disk part where each file’s location and size is kept for fast access in the operating system.
FILE AND USE RATING LAWS
State laws that let insurers to have new rates without approval.
FILE BACKUP
Protecting important data by copying it in a seperate location or drive. Refer to data mirroring and disk mirroring
FILE FORMAT
A structure of code stored as a file. It tells how to displa and save the data. The application program in a file and the operating system. There are many […]
FILE INTEGRITY
When a computer file is not changed or deleted and is stored the same way since starting.