Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act — A federal statute passed under the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution to facilitate the flow of perishable agricultural commodities in commerce by licensing dealers, commission merchants, and brokers and by prohibiting unfair… … Ballentine's law dictionary
Agricultural Commodities Act — See Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act … Ballentine's law dictionary
Contango — The graph depicts how the price of a single forward contract will behave through time in relation to the expected future price at any point time. A contract in contango will decrease in value until it equals the spot price of the underlying at… … Wikipedia
Auction — Auctioneer redirects here. For the DC Comics supervillain, see Auctioneer (comics). An auctioneer and her assistants scan the crowd for bidders. An auction is a process of buying and selling goods or services by offering them up for bid, taking… … Wikipedia
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Inflation — This article is about a rise in the general price level. For the expansion of the early universe, see Inflation (cosmology). For other uses, see Inflation (disambiguation). Inflation rates around the world in 2007 … Wikipedia
Purchasing power parity — GDP per capita adjusted for Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) in the world, 2009 … Wikipedia
giggle test — (GIG.ul test) n. A symbolic test used to determine whether something is legitimate or serious. Example Citation: Another lawyer, who handles a high volume of welfare cases, put it this way: there used to be a giggle test the court could be… … New words
Ship transport — Water transport redirects here. For the transportation of water, see Water transportation. Harbour cranes unload cargo from a container ship at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Navi Mumbai, India … Wikipedia
Reefer ship — A reefer ship is a type of ship typically used to transport perishable commodities which require temperature controlled transportation, mostly fruits, meat, fish, vegetables, dairy products and other foodstuffs.Reeferships may be split into two… … Wikipedia
Santa Fe Refrigerator Despatch — The Santa Fe Refrigerator Despatch reporting mark|SFRD was a railroad refrigerator car line established as a subsidiary of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in 1884 to carry perishable commodities. Though the line started out with a mere… … Wikipedia