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High Roller: Tournament An amateur event that pays a very high prize for the top places and also charges a fairly stiff price to enter.

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 Confident Letter: Japanese term for a takeover.

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

Highlights: The brightest parts of a photo.

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

Highly Conserved Sequence: Dna sequence that is very similar across several different types of organisms.

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

Highly Erodible Land (HEL): Land that is very susceptible to erosion, including fields that have at least 1/3 or 50 acres of soils with a natural erosion potential of at least 8 times their T value. More than 140 milli . . . View Full Definition

Highsiding: Highsiding occurs when the rider of a motorcycle is flipped over the handlebars of the bike. This most often occurs when the rider locks the rear brakes during a panic stop and then releases . . . View Full Definition