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Consideration

SCC 98. A valuable consideration in the sense of the law may consist either is some right, interest, profit or benefit accruing to the one party, or some forebearance, detriment, loss, or responsibility, given, suffered, or undertaken

Apprendre

Apprendre [Fr.,]. A fee or profit apprendre is fee or profit to be taken or received, such as exercising the right of common. Jac.

short

the time of the sale [a sale] [a position] NOTE: The purpose of a short sale is to profit from an anticipated drop in the price of a security or commodity. Typically, an investor directs a broker

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return

six indictments] [ed a verdict of not guilty] 2 : to bring in or produce (as earnings or profit) : yield re·turn·able adj n 1 a : the delivery of a court order (as a writ) to

proprietary

one having the exclusive legal right [a process] 3 : privately owned and managed and run as a profit-making organization [a insurer] [a clinic] 4 : of or relating to the acts of a municipality which profit

earnings per share (eps)

earnings per share (eps) a corporation's profit that is divided among each share of common stock. It is determined by taking the net earnings divided

deduction

income that is allowed for losses or expenses attributable to business activities or to activities engaged in for profit charitable deduction : a deduction allowed for a contribution to a charity usually that is qualified under the

concession

services or for a particular use (as settlement) d : a right to undertake a specified activity for profit on another's real property [a logging ] e : a lease that grants a right to engage in

Commercial purpose

Commercial purpose, 'Commercial' denotes 'pertaining to commerce'; it means 'connected with, or engaged in commerce; mercantile; having profit as the main aim' whereas the word 'commerce' means 'financial transactions especially buying and selling of merchandise, on

Public authority

act of government, (ii) that there is a clear commercial objective in that it is concerned to make profits for its share-holders from its operations as an infrastructure company, (iii) that there was no obligation on the

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