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P Base: A special mounting similar to 'D' flange except with a machine fit tenon recessed instead of protruding. Usually found on pumps.

Blacklist - Private: A list of IP addresses believed to send spam, compiled by an ISP based on user complaints, mail sent to spam trap addresses, and 'unknown user' rates. Each receiving ISP uses its own private . . . View Full Definition

Community Property: In nine US states, any assets, investments, and income that are acquired during a marriage are considered community property, or owned jointly by the married couple. For example, if you're m . . . View Full Definition

Base (Or Contract) Acreage: A farm’s crop-specific acreage of wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, or rice eligible to enroll in commodity programs under previous legislation, and subsequently eligible for production fle . . . View Full Definition

Position Trader: A commodities trader who takes a long-term approach in maintaining positions in the market and does not close out of these positions until close to the delivery date.

Positional Cloning: A technique used to identify genes, usually those that are associated with diseases, based on their location on a chromosome.

Position Sheet: Used in the context of general equities. List of long and short positions for an individual trader or desk, at times accompanied by the trades from the previous trading session that brought . . . View Full Definition

Position Round: In competition, league or tournaments, in which part of the competition is match play, it is when teams or individuals play each other based upon their standing; i.e., position 1 plays 2; 3 . . . View Full Definition

Position Limits: Applies to derivative products. Maximum position available in any one future or option contract for a given institution. For 'bona fide' futures hedgers, there are no position limits.

Position Of Equilibrium: When a reaction's equilibrium 'lies to the right', the concentrations of products will be greater than the concentrations of reactants when equilibrium is established. Conversely, an equilib . . . View Full Definition