short sale short selling | sale of securities or commodity futures not owned by the seller (who hopes to buy them back later at a lower price) |
auction auction sale vendue | the public sale of something to the highest bidder |
services | performance of duties or provision of space and equipment helpful to others, the mayor tried to maintain city services, the medical services are excellent |
Secretary of Health and Human Services | the position of the head of the Department of Health and Human Services, the post of Secretary of Health and Human Services was created by Congress in |
sale | a particular instance of selling, he has just made his first sale, they had to complete the sale before the banks closed |
sale | the general activity of selling, they tried to boost sales, laws limit the sale of handguns |
sale cutate sale sales event | an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices, they held a sale to reduce their inventory, I got some great bargains at their annual sale |
car boot sale boot sale | an outdoor sale at which people sell things from the trunk of their car |
clearance sale inventorylearance sale | a sale to reduce inventory |
fire sale | a sale of merchandise supposedly damaged by fire |
fire sale | a sale of assets at very low prices typically when the seller faces bankruptcy |
garage sale yard sale | an outdoor sale of used personal or household items held on the seller's premises |
going-out-of-business sale | a sale of all the tangible assets of a business that is about to close, during the Great Depression going-out-of-business sales were very common |
rummage sale jumble sale | a sale of donated articles |
white sale | a sale of household linens |
sale sales agreement | an agreement (or contract) in which property is transferred from the seller (vendor) to the buyer (vendee) for a fixed price in money (paid or agreed to be paid by the buyer), the salesman faxed the sales agreement to his home office |
conditional sale | a sale in which the buyer receives title to the property only upon the performance of some condition (usually the full payment of the purchase price) |
sale in gross contract of hazard | a sale of a tract of land as a whole without a warranty as to the acreage |
sheriff's sale execution sale judicial sale forced sale | a sale of property by the sheriff under authority of a court's writ of execution in order satisfy an unpaid obligation |
bill of sale | a deed transferring personal property |
Department of Health and Human Services Health and Human Services HHS | the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare, created in |
military armed forces armed services military machine war machine | the military forces of a nation, their military is the largest in the region, the military machine is the same one we faced in but now it is weaker |
Criminal Intelligence Services of Canada CISC | an agency of the Canadian government that unifies the intelligence units of Canadian law enforcement agencies |
Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence Inter-Services Intelligence ISI | the Pakistan intelligence agency, a powerful and almost autonomous political and military force, has procured nuclear technology and delivery capabilities, has had strong ties with the Taliban and other militant Islamic groups |
Shin Bet General Security Services | the Israeli domestic counterintelligence and internal security agency, the Shin Bet also handles overall security for Israel's national airline |
General Services Administration GSA | a central management agency that sets Federal policy for Federal procurement and real property management and information resources management |
Secretary of Health and Human Services | the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Health and Human Services, the first Secretary of Health and Human Services was Patricia Roberts Harris who was appointed by Carter |
conditional sale | a security interest taken by the seller in return for credit |
consumption economic consumption usance use use of goods and services | (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing, the consumption of energy has increased steadily |
sale | the state of being purchasable, offered or exhibited for selling, you'll find vitamin C for sale at most pharmacies, the new line of cars will soon be on sale |
purchasable for sale | available for purchase, purchasable goods, many houses in the area are for sale |
point-of-sale | of or relating to or being the location where something is purchased |