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High Blower: A blower-type supercharger set at high rpm.

Highlights: The brightest parts of a photo.

Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy (HAART): A treatment to combat AIDS using several different antiretroviral drugs at the same time.

Highlight: A point of intense brightness, such as the reflection in an eye.

Highly Compensated Employee: For the purposes of retirement plans, a highly compensated employee is defined by the IRS as an employee who owns 5% or more of a company or receives compensationin excess of a predetermined . . . View Full Definition

Highjacking: A bond with Triple-A or Double-A rating in Standard & Poor's, or Moody's rating system.

Highest And Best Use: The possible use of a property that would produce the greatest net income and thereby develop the highest value.

Highly Compensated Employees: Highly compensated employees are people whose on-the-job earnings are higher than the level the government has established to differentiate this category of worker. In 2007, that amount is $ . . . View Full Definition

Highly Stratified Estuary: An estuary having a distinct surface layer of fresh or very-low-salinity water, capping a deeper layer of higher salinity, more oceanic water

Highrise Developments: Sometimes called mixed-use developments (MUDs), these combine office space, stores, theaters and apartment units in a single vertical community. MUDs usually are self-contained and offer lau . . . View Full Definition