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Original Book Of Entry: A book which contains the details of the day to day transactions of a business (see Journal ).

Prime Book Of Entry: See Original book of entry .

Photoflood: Artificial light source using a tungsten filament lamp and a dish reflector.

Philadelphia Board Of Trade (PBOT): A subsidiary of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange that trades currency futures.

Personal Tax View (Of Capital Structure): The argument that the difference in personal tax rates between income from debt and income from equity eliminates the disadvantage of the double taxation (corporate and personal) of income f . . . View Full Definition

Physician Profiling: In the context of a pharmacy benefit plan, the process of compiling data on physician prescribing patterns and comparing physicians' actual prescribing patterns to expected patterns within s . . . View Full Definition

Pick Off: An attempt by the pitcher to get a base runner out by throwing to the base from the stretch position.

Pie Model Of Capital Structure: A model of the debt-equity ratio of the firms, graphically depicted in slices of a pie that represent the value of the firm in the capital markets.

Picked Off: Intercepted.

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act Of 1996: P.L. 104-193 (September 22, 1996) was labeled as a major 'welfare reform' initiative. In addition to provisions making major changes to federal cash welfare, medicaid, work, and child care d . . . View Full Definition