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Multi-Lender Environment: Numerous lending institution sharing the same site and information to provide instant financing to small businesses.

Environmental Writings: Writings focused on nature or man's relationship to nature, especially the transcendental essays and meditations of Thoreau and Emerson in the nineteenth century and the ecological writings . . . View Full Definition

Hostile Environment Harassment: Sexual or other discriminatory conduct that is so severe and pervasive that it interferes with an individual’s ability to perform the job, creates an intimidating, offensive, threatening or . . . View Full Definition

Environmental Stress: Variously defined as (a) an environmental change to which an organism cannot acclimate and (b) an environmental change that increases the probability of death

Environmental Site Assessment: An independent investigation and assessment of a property to determine if any existing or potential environmental problems or hazards exist on property. It is usually done to determine if an . . . View Full Definition

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): A federal agency created in 1970 by bringing together various federal pollution control activities that had been scattered among a number of federal departments and agencies. The EPA is invo . . . View Full Definition

Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP): A program created by the FAIR Act of 1996 to provide primarily cost-sharing assistance, but also technical and educational assistance, aimed at reducing soil, water, and related natural reso . . . View Full Definition

Environmental Scanning: A process that systematically surveys and interprets relevant data to identify external opportunities and threats.

Integrated Development Environment (IDE): A programming environment integrated into an application. For example, Microsoft Office applications support various versions of the BASIC programming language. You can develop a WordBasic a . . . View Full Definition

Internal Environment: In multicellular organisms, the aqueous environment that is outside the cells but inside the body.