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• buffer

  buffer A computer store or memory used when information is transmitted from one unit to another working at different speeds. For example, a slow...

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• buffering

  buffering The practice of isolating the operations within an organization from the effects of environmental uncertainty to enable it to function...

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• buffer stock

  buffer stock A stock of a commodity owned by a government or trade organization and used to stabilize the price of the commodity. Usually the...

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• Building Societies Act (1986)

  Building Societies Act (1986) A UK Act of Parliament regulating the activities of building societies . It widened their powers to include making...

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• building society

  building society A financial institution that accepts deposits, upon which it pays interest, and makes loans for house purchase or house improvement...

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• bull note

  bull note A bond whose redemption value is linked to a price index (e.g. FTSE 100 Index; see Financial Times Share Indexes ) or a commodity price...

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A Dictionary of Business: Issues from 2002

• January 2002