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Home-Based Worker: An employee who works from a home office rather than at a physical workspace at the employer’s location.

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Holdback: Funds not released under a construction loan agreement due to a failure to lease to the required minimum.

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Html Banner: A banner ad using HTML elements, often including interactive forms instead of (or in addition to) standard graphical elements.

Hyperbaton : Inversion of word-order, e.g., noun-adjective.

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Hudson Bay Low: An area of low pressure over or near the Hudson Bay area of Canada that often introduces cold air to the north central and northeast United States.