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fund 1 : a sum of money or other resources whose principal or interest is set aside for a specific objective cli·ent security fund : a fund established by each state to compensate clients for losses suffered due to their attorneys' misappropriation of funds common trust fund : an in-house trust fund established by a bank trust department to pool the assets of many small trusts for greater diversification in investing executor fund : a fund established in estate planning to provide for the payment of final expenses by an executor joint wel·fare fund : a fund that is established by collective bargaining to provide health and welfare benefits to employees and that is jointly administered by representatives of labor and management paid-in fund : a reserve cash fund in lieu of a capital stock account set up by mutual insurance companies to cover unforeseen losses sink·ing fund : a fund set up and accumulated by regular deposits for paying off the principal on a debt...
Cumulate
To gather or throw into a heap to heap together to accumulate...
accrue
accrue ac·crued ac·cru·ing [Middle French accreue increase, addition to a property, from feminine of accreu, past participle of acreistre to increase] vi 1 : to come into existence as an enforceable claim : vest as a right [action…does not until the plaintiff knew or reasonably should have known that he may have suffered injury "National Law Journal"] NOTE: Statutes of limitations begin to run when a cause of action accrues. 2 : to come by way of increase or addition : arise as a growth or result usually used with to or from [advantages accruing to society from the freedom of the press] [interest s to the seller as a result of the delay] 3 : to be periodically accumulated in the process of time whether as an increase or a decrease [the accruing of taxes] [allowing the receivable interest to ] vt 1 : to accumulate or have due after a period of time [authorized by law to leave…in the maximum amount of 120 days "U.S. Code"] 2 : to enter in the books a...
Customs warehouse
Customs warehouse, system is simply an arrange-ment for the storage of good so that e.g. in importer can accumulate stock, paying duties and other charges on the goods as and when they are released on to the community market, Case 49/82 EC Commission v. Netherlands, (1983) ECR 1195....
life insurance
life insurance : insurance providing for the payment of money to a designated beneficiary upon the death of the insured see also endowment insurance ordinary life insurance : whole life insurance in this entry straight life insurance : whole life insurance in this entry term life insurance : life insurance that provides coverage for a set term and does not accumulate cash surrender value universal life insurance : life insurance characterized by flexible premiums, benefits, and payment schedules, by the indexing of cash value to money market interest rates, and by the periodic reporting of current value and company costs charged to the account universal variable life insurance : variable universal life insurance in this entry variable life insurance : life insurance in which all or part of the cash value of the policy is located in a tax-deferred investment portfolio with risk assumed by the insured for investment losses compare variable annuity at annuity variable univer...
trust
trust 1 a : a fiduciary relationship in which one party holds legal title to another's property for the benefit of a party who holds equitable title to the property b : an entity resulting from the establishment of such a relationship see also beneficiary, cestui que trust, corpus declaration of trust at declaration, principal, settlor NOTE: Trusts developed out of the old English use. The traditional requirements of a trust are a named beneficiary and trustee (who may be the settlor), an identified res, or property, to be transferred to the trustee and constitute the principal of the trust, and delivery of the res to the trustee with the intent to create a trust. Not all relationships labeled as trusts have all of these characteristics, however. Trusts are often created for their advantageous tax treatment. accumulation trust : a trust in which principal and income are allowed to accumulate rather than being paid out NOTE: Accumulation trusts are disfavored and often restricted...
Photosynthesis
The process of constructive metabolism by which carbohydrates are formed from water vapor and the carbon dioxide of the air in the chlorophyll containing tissues of plants exposed to the action of light It was formerly called assimilation but this is now commonly used as in animal physiology The details of the process are not yet clearly known Baeyers theory is that the carbon dioxide is reduced to carbon monoxide which uniting with the hydrogen of the water in the cell produces formaldehyde the latter forming various sugars through polymerization Vines suggests that the carbohydrates are secretion products of the chloroplasts derived from decomposition of previously formed proteids The food substances are usually quickly translocated those that accumulate being changed to starch which appears in the cells almost simultaneously with the sugars The chloroplasts perform photosynthesis only in light and within a certain range of temperature varying according to climate This is the only wa...
Epiphora
The watery eye a disease in which the tears accumulate in the eye and trickle over the cheek...
Exaggerate
To heap up to accumulate...
G suit
A suit worn by aviators and astronauts designed to counteract the effects of high accelerations experienced in aerial maneuvers in particular to avoid unconsciousness called also anti g suit It exerts force on the abdomen and legs to prevent blackouts by counteracting the tendency of blood to accumulate below the heart thus reducing the supply to the brain when the forces due to acceleration are directed from head to toe...
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