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21Applied probability — Much research involving probability is done under the auspices of applied probability, the application of probability theory to other scientific and engineering domains. However, while such research is motivated (to some degree) by applied… …
22Default Probability — The degree of likelihood that the borrower of a loan or debt will not be able to make the necessary scheduled repayments. Should the borrower be unable to pay, they are then said to be in default of the debt, at which point the lenders of the… …
23high probability — noun almost certainly, favorable prospect, in all likelihood, in most instances, with a high degree of certainty associated concepts: high probability of chance, high probability of risk, high probability of success Burton s Legal Thesaurus.… …
24Subjective Probability — A probability derived from an individual s personal judgment about whether a specific outcome is likely to occur. Subjective probabilities contain no formal calculations and only reflect the subject s opinions and past experience. Subjective… …
25with a high degree of certainty — index high probability Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
26high probability trade — noun In investment banking, any deal or transaction with a high degree of likelihood of success …
27reasonable probability — The degree of proof required in civil cases to support a conclusion of fact; not proof beyond a reasonable doubt or proof to a moral certainty, only evidence which tends with reason to prove the essential facts in a case, either directly,… …
28Catholic Probabilism — Probabilism, in Catholic moral theology, provides a way of answering the question about what to do when one does not know what to do. Probabilism proposes that one can follow a probable opinion regarding whether an act may be performed morally,… …
29Probabilism — • The moral system which holds that, when there is question solely of the lawfulness or unlawfulness of an action, it is permissible to follow a solidly probable opinion in favour of liberty even though the opposing view is more probable.… …
30epistemology — epistemological /i pis teuh meuh loj i keuhl/, adj. epistemologically, adv. epistemologist, n. /i pis teuh mol euh jee/, n. a branch of philosophy that investigates the origin, nature, methods, and limits of human knowledge. [1855 60; < Gk… …
