A party of different persons who are expecting to have their jobs terminated. The main purpose of a pink slip party is to provide people with a network to gain […]
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PINK TEA PICKETING
A term given to a picketing attempt by a number of workers, done discreetly.
PINNAGE
Poundage of cattle.
PINNER
A pounder of cattle; a pound- keeper.
PINNING THE STRIKE
When stock with heavy options trades near strike price of its most active option.
PINT
A liquid measure of half a quart, or the eighth part of a gallon.
PIONEER ADVERTISING
Promotional activities aimed at introducing a new product in the market. Usually an expensive ad campaign is undertaken.
PIONEER PATENT
See PATENT.
PIOUS USES
See CHARITABLE USES.
PIP
The foreign exchange quotes fifth decimal point.
PIPE
A roll in the exchequer; otherwise called the “great roll.” A liquid measure containing two hogsheads.
PIPELINE
The flow a deal makes through clients, banks, and firms. It shows how strong the financial sector is. AKA calendar and visible supply. Refer to shadow supply.
PIPELINE ALIGNMENT
To meet the requireents of any project, by providing the required number of resources.
PIPELINE MANAGEMENT
Managing different projects related to all of the activities that are linked to a certain set of goals.
PIPELINE STOCK
Stock that has departed the firm’s warehouse, but is yet to be sold to the customers, and hence, is in the ‘ distribution pipeline’.
PIPELINE THEORY
A theory which states that corporations that give all of their interest gains, dividends as well as capital gains to shareholders should not have to undergo taxation at the corporate […]
PIRACY
In criminal law . A robbery or forcible depredation on the high seas, without lawful authority, done animo fur- audi, in the spirit and intention of universal hostility. United States […]
PIRATICAL
“Where the act uses the word ‘piratical,’ it does so in a general sense; importing that the aggression is unauthorized by the law of nations, hostile in its character, wanton […]
PIRATICALLY
A technical word which must always be used in an indictment for piracy. 3 Inst. 112.
PISCAN DOCUMENT
The Piscan document states that all debits must be equal to credits.
PISCARY
The right or privilege of fishing. Thus, common of piscary is the right of fishing in waters belonging to another person.
PISTAREEN
A small Spanish coin. It is not made current by the laws of the United States . United States v. Gardner, 10 Pet. G18, 9 L. Ed. 556.
PIT
In old Scotch law . An excavation or cavity in the earth in which women who were under sentence of death were drowned.
PIT AND GALLOWS
In Scotch law. A privilege of inflicting capital punishment for theft, given by King Malcolm, by which a woman could be drowned In a pit, (fossa.) or a man hanged […]
PITCH
In chemistry, pitch is another term used for asphalt. In mechanices, pitch is the distance between two adjacent openings of a gear. In the travel industry, pitch is the empty […]