The elements of a structure that are considered to be a single integrated unit.
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STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION
Transfer of large scale resources to other system sectors needed due to fundamental changes in objectives or policies.
STRUCTURAL UNCERTAINTY
Occurrence probability of an event that was not anticipated for due to a systems configuration .
STRUCTURAL UNEMPLOYMENT
Joblessness created by changes in demand not by lack of demand.
STRUCTURAL VARIATION
An economy or organization wide recurring change created by factors like seasonal patterns and long term trends.
STRUCTURE
A framework or construction with elements identifiable giving stability and form and able to resist strains and stresses.
STRUCTURED
A thing arranged in a fixed or definite order or sequence.
STRUCTURED DEBT
A debt tailored by the lender to the borrower’s needs.
STRUCTURED INTERVIEW
An interview with a fixed format where all questions are prepared before and put in the same order to each person interviewed.
STRUCTURED NOTE
A tailored note or bond allowing leveraged or unleveraged returns on varying assets with different levels of risk in accordance to the special conditions attached known as embedded options. Refer […]
STRUCTURED QUERY LANGUAGE (SQL)
The set of English-like commands used to access, edit and update information stored on databases. Invented by IBM in 1974.
STRUCTURED QUESTION
A query that is answered specifically like true or false, yes or no etc.
STRUCTURED SALE
Process of selling capital assets including any real estate in ways permitting deferrals of tax.
STRUCTURED SETTLEMENT
A fixed number of payments will be required over a fixed time period .
STRUMPET
A whore, harlot or courtesan. This word was anciently used for an addition It occurs as an addition to the name of a woman in a return made by a […]
STUB
A contract with the closest maturity date on eurodollars or a loan or bond with a short maturity.
STUB STOCK
Shares that sell at a reduced market price due to either (1) issuing firm with negative worth or (2) has paid a large dividend.
STUDENT LOAN MARKETING ASSOCIATION (SALLIE MAE)
Corporation privately owned providing students with loans for graduate and under graduate studies.
STUDY
The research, examination , identification of aspects or factors of an event or activity.
STUFF GOWN
The professional robe worn by barristers of the outer bar; viz., those who have not been admitted to the rank of king’s counsel . Brown.
STUFFING OF A CONTAINER
Process where cargo is loaded into empty containers then sealed and transported to a carrier. Also known as vanning.
STULTIFY
To make one out mentally incapacitated for the performance of an act
STULTILOQUIUM
Lat. In old English law . Vicious pleading, for which a flue was imposed by King John, supposed to be the origin of the fines for beau-pleader . Crabb, Eng. […]
STUMPAGE
The sum agreed to be paid to an owner of land for trees standing (or lying) upon his land, the purchaser being permitted to enter upon the laud and to […]
STUPRUM
Lat. In the civil law . Unlawful intercourse with a woman. Distinguished from adultery as being committed with a virgin or widow. Dig. 48, 5, 6.