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Vendor: Any company that provides a service. See email vendors.

Email Vendor: Another name for an email broadcast service provider, a company that sends bulk (volume) email on behalf of their clients. Also email service provider (ESP).

Vendor-Specific Objective Evidence (VSOE): A method for determining the individual value of each item within a contract in order to recognize partial revenue before the entire contract is fulfilled.

WIC Vendors: Grocery and other stores authorized as eligible to accept WIC coupons or vouchers and to receive reimbursement from the state WIC program for purchases made with these food instruments.

Accounts Payable: The department of a large company whose function is to make payments to vendors and contractors. There's more to it than that, but who cares?

Index Of Leading Economic Indicators: This monthly composite of ten economic measurements was developed to track and help forecast changing patterns in the economy. It is compiled by The Conference Board, a business research gro . . . View Full Definition

Shared Server: An email server used by more than one company or sender. Shared servers are less expensive to use because the broadcast vendor can spread the cost over more users. However, senders sharing a . . . View Full Definition

Contract For Deed: The contract for deed is used extensively in many areas, where it may be called a land contract, agreement of sale, installment contract, articles of agreement, conditional sales contract, b . . . View Full Definition

Spamcop: A blacklist and IP-address database, formerly privately owned but now part of the email vendor Ironport. Many ISPs check the IP addresses of incoming email against Spamcop's records to deter . . . View Full Definition

Imprest Petty Cash Fund: A petty cash fund in which all expenditures are documented by vouchers or vendors' receipts or invoices, the total of the vouchers and cash in the fund should equal the established balance.