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111Categorisation of long-term insurance business for corporation tax purposes in the United Kingdom — For corporation tax purposes in the United Kingdom, long term insurance business is divided into different categories. The reason for this is that each category of business is given a different tax treatment. The categorisation is currently set… …
112Chinaman (term) — Chinaman is a contentious English language term that denotes a Chinese man or person, whether by Han Chinese ethnicity, or as a Chinese national, or, in some cases, an indiscriminate term for a person native to geographical East Asia or of… …
113fixed term — UK US noun [C] ► a period of time that has been agreed: »She was hired for a fixed term of three years. »There is no flexibility to change the arrangement until the end of a fixed term. »We employed her on a fixed term contract, for two years. →… …
114medium-term — intermediate term Denoting a time period of medium duration, the extent of which will differ according to context. For example, in accounting medium term describes liabilities of between one and ten years, in money markets it means maturities of… …
115medium-term — / mi:diəm tɜ:m/ adjective referring to a point between short term and long term ♦ medium term forecast a forecast for two or three years ♦ medium term loan a bank loan for three to five years …
116One Hundred Years of Solitude —   …
117Short-term mission — A short term mission (STM) is the mobilization of a Christian missionary for a short period of time ranging from days to a year; many short term missions are called mission trips. The short term missionary is a fairly recent innovation in the… …
118short-term — Any investments with a maturity of one year or less. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * short term ˈshort term adjective 1. continuing for only a short time, or concerned only with the period of time that is not very far into the future: • Most …
119Fixed-term election — A Fixed term election is an election that occurs on a set date, and cannot be changed by the incumbent politician. Fixed term elections are common for mayors and presidents, but less common for prime ministers and other members of a parliamentary …
120Michaelmas term — For the Jacobean play by Thomas Middleton, see Michaelmas Term (play). Michaelmas term is the first academic term of the academic years of the following British and Irish universities: University of Cambridge University of Oxford University of St …
