advertising. 1. The action of drawing the public’s attention to something to promote its sale. 2. The business of producing and circulating advertisements. comparative advertising. Advertising that specifically compares the advertised brand with another brand of the same product. competitive advertising. Advertising that contains little information about the advertised product, and that is used only […]
poverty. 1. The condition of being indigent; the scarcity of the means of subsistence (war on poverty). 2. Dearth of something desirable (a poverty of ideas).
reverter guarantee. Real estate. A mortgage clause protecting the mortgagee against a loss occasioned by the occurrence of a terminating event under a possibility of reverter. See POSSIBILITY OF REVERTER. [Cases: Mortgages 211. C.J.S. Mortgages §§ 274–276.]
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discovert (dis-k[schwa]v-[schwa]rt), adj. 1. Archaic. Uncovered; exposed. 2. Not married, esp. a widow or a woman who has never married.
A reversionary interest that is subject to a condition precedent; specif., a future interest retained by a grantor after conveying a fee simple determinable, so that the grantee’s estate terminates automatically and reverts to the grantor if the terminating event ever occurs. • In this type of interest, the grantor transfers an estate whose maximum
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controvert (kon-tr[schwa]-v[schwa]rt or kon-tr[schwa]-v[schwa]rt), vb. To dispute or contest; esp., to deny (as an allegation in a pleading) or oppose in argument (the allegations in Peck’s pleadings were never adequately controverted).
overtime n. (1)工作超时 僱员超出标准工作日或周工作的时间。根据美国《公平劳动标准法》〔Fair Labor Standards Act〕，僱主必须为此付僱员(通常为非按年月领薪人员)附加工资，通常为正规每小时工资的11/2。 (2)加班费；(超出工作时付给的)附加工资
credit advertising 为信用做广告 指直接或间接地帮助或促进信誉之扩大而做广告。在美国，联邦及各州对此类广告都有规定。
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converter, n. One who wrongfully possesses or disposes of another’s property; esp., one who engages in a series of acts of willful interference, without lawful justification, with an item of property in a manner inconsistent with another’s right, whereby that other person is deprived of the use and possession of the property. innocent converter. A