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Supplements: Vitamins, minerals, herbs, or other substances taken orally and meant to correct deficiencies in the diet.

Dietary Supplements: Defined by law as a vitamin, mineral, herb, botanical, an amino acid, a dietary substance added to supplement the diet to increase the total dietary intake, or concentrate, metabolite, const . . . View Full Definition

Indemnity Insurance: An indemnity insurance policy pays up to a fixed amount when you make a claim, often on a per day basis. The premiums on health insurance indemnity plans may be lower than on other heathcare . . . View Full Definition

Medicare Supplement: A private medical expense insurance plan that supplements Medicare coverage. Also known as a Medigap policy.

Mortgage Broker-Company: A person or firm that acts as an intermediary between borrower and lender, one who, for compensation or gain, negotiates, sells or arranges loans and sometimes continues to service the loans . . . View Full Definition

Middleware: The mix-and-match communications software that acts as a universal translator between diverse radio frequency technologies and protocols. Middleware resides on a remote client and a communic . . . View Full Definition

Food Stamp Program (FSP): This program supplements the food buying power of eligible low-income households by providing them with monthly benefits through coupons or electronic benefit transfer (EBT) cards. Eligibili . . . View Full Definition

Medigap: A term used to describe health benefits coverage that supplements Medicare coverage.

National School Lunch Act: P.L. 79-396 (June 4, 1946) authorized federal cash and commodity support for school lunch and milk programs, '...as a measure of national security...' in response to claims that many America . . . View Full Definition

U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP): A nonprofit authority that sets standards and certifies supplements that meet certain quality, strength, and purity standards. Many supplements carry the USP symbol on their label.