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Sales Returns And Allowances: A contra-revenue account in which the return of, or allowance for, reduction in the price of merchandise previously sold is recorded.

Net Sales: Sales revenue less sales discounts and credit card fees.

Gross Sales: Gross profit divided by sales, which is equal to each sales dollar left over after paying for the cost of goods sold.

Public Rangelands Improvement Act Of 1978 (PRIA): P.L. 95-514 (October 25, 1978) defines the current grazing fee formula and establishes rangeland monitoring and inventory procedures for Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service rangelan . . . View Full Definition

Purchase And Sale: A method of securities distribution in which a firm purchases securities from the issuer for its own account at a stated price and then resells them, as contrasted with a best-efforts sale.

Puck-Handler: The player currently in possession of the puck.

Pump And Dump: In a pump and dump scheme, a scam artist manipulates the stock market by buying shares of a low-cost stock and then artificially inflating the price by spreading rumors, typically using the . . . View Full Definition

Public Lands: As defined in the Federal Land Policy and Management Act, public lands are any land and interest in land outside of Alaska owned by the United States and administered by the Secretary of the . . . View Full Definition

Punch-And-Judy: Said of a hitter who tends to hit well-placed but weakly-hit balls for singles. The first reference was made by former Los Angeles Dodgers manager Walter Alston when asked about a home run b . . . View Full Definition

Prostaglandins: A class of fatty acids that has many of the properties of hormones; synthesized and secreted by many body tissues and have a variety of effects on nearby cells.