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Average Collection Period, Or Days Receivables: The ratio of accounts receivables to sales, or the total amount of credit extended per dollar of daily sales (average AR/sales 365).

Outbound Operator: A company that takes groups from a given city of country to another city or country.

Out-Of-Plan (Out-Of-Network): This phrase usually refers to physicians, hospitals or other health care providers who are considered nonparticipants in an insurance plan (usually an HMO or PPO). Depending on an individual . . . View Full Definition

Outside Corner: The point at which two walls form an external angle, one you usually can walk around.

Outside Director: A director of a company who is not an employee of that company and brings in outside experience to help make board decisions.

Overperform: To appreciate at a rate faster than appreciation of the overall market.

Overbought-Oversold Indicator: An indicator that attempts to define when prices have moved too far and too fast in either direction and thus are vulnerable to reaction.

Out-Of-Network Provider: Any health care provider that does not belong to a CIGNA network. Members can use their benefits for out-of-network expenses, but miss out on in-network discounts.

Out-Of-Favor Industry Or Stock: An unpopular industry or stock that usually has a low price-earnings ratio.

Osmoregulator: An organism that regulates the concentration of dissolved ions in its body fluids irrespective of changes in the external medium