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Fiscal Agency Agreement: A time series regression to estimate the betas of securities portfolios.

Mutual Agency: The right of all partners in a partnership to act as agents for the normal business operations of the partnership, with the authority to bind it to a business agreements.

Noncompete Agreement: A contract restricting an employee from obtaining employment with a competitor within a specified industry, distance and/or time frame.

Multilateral Agreement: A trade agreement involving three or more countries (as with the World Trade Organization) in contrast to a bilateral agreement (as with the US-Canada Free Trade agreement) involving only tw . . . View Full Definition

Mercantile Agency: An organization that supplies credit ratings and reports on firms that are prospective customers.

Marketing Orders And Agreements: Orders and agreements (authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as amended) allow producers to promote orderly marketing through collectively influencing the supply, d . . . View Full Definition

Memorandum Of Agreement (MOA): An agreement between federal agencies, or divisions/units within an agency or department, or between federal and state agencies, which delineate tasks, jurisdiction, standard operating proce . . . View Full Definition

Nondisclosure Agreement: A contract restricting an employee from disclosing confidential or proprietary information.

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA): A multilateral agreement negotiated by the United States, Canada and Mexico that sets forth agreements to lower and/or eliminate unfair trade barriers that affect the trade of goods and serv . . . View Full Definition

Ostensible Agency: A form of implied agency relationship created by the actions of the parties involved rather than by written agreement or document.