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Depth Of Field: The range in front of and behind the focus distance that is also in focus.

Depth Of Field Scale: Scale on a lens barrel showing the near and far limits of depth of field possible when the lens is set at any particular focus and aperture.

Period Of Digestion: The time period of often high volatility after a new issue is released when the trading price of the security is established by the market.

Perfect Market View (Of Dividend Policy): Analysis of a decision on dividend policy, in a perfect capital market environment, that shows the irrelevance of dividend policy.

Periods Of English Literature: The common historical eras scholars use to divide literature into comprehensible sections through periodization. Dividing literature into these sometimes arbitrary periods allows us to bette . . . View Full Definition

Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) Of 1930: P.L. 71-325 (June 10, 1930), as amended, regulates the buying and selling of fresh and frozen fruits and vegetables to prevent unfair trading practices and to assure that sellers will be pai . . . View Full Definition

Photoflood: Artificial light source using a tungsten filament lamp and a dish reflector.

Philadelphia Board Of Trade (PBOT): A subsidiary of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange that trades currency futures.

Personal Tax View (Of Capital Structure): The argument that the difference in personal tax rates between income from debt and income from equity eliminates the disadvantage of the double taxation (corporate and personal) of income f . . . View Full Definition

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act Of 1996: P.L. 104-193 (September 22, 1996) was labeled as a major 'welfare reform' initiative. In addition to provisions making major changes to federal cash welfare, medicaid, work, and child care d . . . View Full Definition