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Bilateral Symmetry: In animals, refers to those that have a single axis of symmetry.

Symmetry: Effect of an evenly balanced arrangement of visual information, such as pattern, on either side of a central division.

Information Asymmetry: Expenses that cannot be adjusted or eliminated such as car payments or rental payments. Antithesis of flexible expenses.

Bilateral Trade Agreement: A trade agreement between any two countries. The agreement may be either preferential (the obligations and benefits apply only to the two countries involved) or most-favored-nation (the bene . . . View Full Definition

Asymmetry: A lack of equivalence between two things, such as the unequal tax treatment of interest expense and dividend payments.

Bilateral Contract-Agreement: A contract in which each party promises to perform an act in exchange for the other partys promise to perform. The usual real estate contract is an example of a bilateral contract in which t . . . View Full Definition

Planaria: Small free-living fiatworms (Phylum Platyhelminthes) with bilateral symmetry and cephalization. The freshwater type is often used as an experimental organism.