Saturday 22 September 2012

Glossary Of Small Business Terms part 12


COVENANT NOT TO COMPETE The agreement by the seller of a business, not to enter into competition with the buyer of the business within a specific area for a specific period of time.

CREDIT Time allowed for the payment of goods or services sold on trust as well as confidence in the buyer's ability and intention to fulfill their financial obligations.

CREDIT PERIOD Length of time allowed before the credit buyer must pay for credit purchases.

CREDIT POLICY Actions taken by a business to grant, monitor and collect the cash for outstanding accounts receivable.

CREDIT RATING A grade assigned to a business concern to denote the net worth and credit standing to which the concern is entitled in the opinion of the rating agency as a result of its investigation.

CURRENT ASSETS Money, inventory and equipment that will be used up in the short term -usually within one year.

CURRENT RATIO The ratio of current assets to liabilities. Also called "quick ratio."

CUSTOMER TARGETING Identifying and marketing to those groups of customers most likely to buy a particular product or service, e.g., promoting boat products to boat owners.

DATA ELEMENT The basic unit of identifiable and definable information. A data element occupies the space provided by fields in a record or blocks on a form. It has an identifying name and value or values for expressing a specific fact. For example, a data element named "Color of Eyes" could have recorded values of "Blue (a name)," "Bl (an
abbreviation)," "06 (a code)." similarly, a data element named "Age of Employee" could have a recorded value of "28" (a numeric value).

DATA UNIVERSAL NUMBERING SYSTEM (DUNS) D&B's Data Universal Numbering
System, the D&B D-U-N-S Number, has become the standard for keeping track of the world's businesses. The D&B D-U-N-S Number is D&B's distinctive nine-digit identification sequence, which identifies information products and services originating exclusively through D&B. The D&B D-U-N-S Number is an internationally recognized common company identifier in EDI and global electronic commerce transactions. The world's most influential standards-setting organizations, more than 50 global, industry and trade associations, and the U.S. Federal Government recognize, recommend and/or require the

D&B D-U-N-S Number.





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