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31The Climate Sceptics — Leader Leon Ashby Party President Leon Ashby Founded 2009 …
32Taxation in the Republic of Ireland — The system of taxation in Ireland is broadly similar to the system of taxation in the United Kingdom. On an individual basis most people are taxed through the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) system, based on their ability to pay the system is quite… …
33Work-life balance — The expression work life balance was first used in the late 1970s to describe the balance between an individual s work and personal life. (New Ways to Work and the Working Mother s Association in the United Kingdom). In the United States, this… …
34Offset loan (finance) — An offset loan is a type of lending arrangement, usually for a mortgage, in which a borrower also maintains a savings account with the lender. Instead of receiving interest on the savings account, the interest payment due on the loan is… …
35offset — I UK [ˈɒfˌset] / US [ˌɔfˈset] / US [ˈɔfˌset] verb [transitive] Word forms offset : present tense I/you/we/they offset he/she/it offsets present participle offsetting past tense offset past participle offset * [often passive] to balance the effect …
36offset — I. noun Date: circa 1555 1. a. archaic outset, start b. cessation 2. a. (1) a short prostrate lateral shoot arising from the base of a plant (2) a small bulb arising from the base of another bulb …
37offset — off|set1 [ ,ɔf set, ɔf,set ] (past tense and past participle off|set) verb transitive * often passive to balance the effect of something, with the result that there is no advantage or disadvantage: Falling sales in Thailand were offset by strong… …
38offset account — An account that reduces the gross amount of another account to derive a net balance. An example is a fixed asset that remains in the books of account at cost as a debit balance and is offset by a provision for depreciation account, which… …
39Visible balance — The visible balance is that part of the balance of trade figures that refers to international trade in physical goods, but not trade in services; it thus contrasts with the invisible balance.Most countries do not have a zero visible balance: they …
40debit balance — The amount that is owed to a broker by a margin customer for loans the customer uses to buy securities. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * debit balance debit balance ➔ balance1 * * * debit balance UK US noun [C] ► BANKING …
