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b.f.o.q.

b.f.o.q. Short for the phrase "bona fide occupational qualification," in the employment discrimination context a B.F.O.Q. may absolve an employer from liability for discrimination when there is a legitimate reason to require, for example, that all of the employees working a particular job be of the same sex or age. The successful use of a B.F.O.Q. defense by an employer is rare in discrimination cases. ...

C.I.F

C.I.F.--'Cost, insurance, and freight.' Sometimes written C.F.I. These letters in a mercantile contract denote that the price named includes the price of the goods (cost), their insurance during transit to the purchaser, and the carriage (freight). As to obligations of parties to a C.I.F. contract, see Biddell Bros. v. Clemens Horst, 1911 (1) KB 952; 1912 AC 18; Manbre Saccharine Co. v. Corn Products, 1919 (1) KB 198; Wilson Holgate v. Belgian Grain Co., 1920 (2) KB 1....

F

F is the sixth letter of the English alphabet and a nonvocal consonant Its form and sound are from the Latin The Latin borrowed the form from the Greek digamma unr which probably had the value of English w consonant The form and value of Greek letter came from the Phoelignician the ultimate source being probably Egyptian Etymologically f is most closely related to p k v and b as in E five Gr pente E wolf L lupus Gr lykos E fox vixen fragile break fruit brook v t E bear L ferre See Guide to Pronunciation sectsect 178 179 188 198 230...

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b.f.o.q.

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