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F Distribution
fabric
fabrication
face
face amount
face to face communication
face to face selling
face value
Facebook
facilitating agent
facilitation payment
facilitator
facility
facility management
facility of payment clause
facility takeover
facsimile
fact
fact finding
fact sheet
factor
factor cost
factor endowment
factor income
Factorial Designs
factoring
factoring accounts receivable
factors of production
factory burden
factory cost
factory delivery
factory orders
factory outlet
factory overhead
factory system
factual data
facultative reinsurance
fad
Fagan style software inspection
fahrenheit scale
fail safe
fail soft
failed trade
failover
failure
failure analysis
failure free warranty
failure in time (FIT)
failure mode
failure mode analysis
failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA)
failure mode effect and criticality analysis (FMECA)
failure of consideration
failure rate
failure-to-file penalty
Fair Access to Insurance Requirements Plan (FAIR)
fair and equitable test
fair and reasonable price
fair comment
fair competition
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)
Fair Housing Act
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
fair market purchase option
fair market rent
fair market value (FMV)
fair market value (FMV) lease
fair notice
fair price requirement
fair rate of return
fair rental value
fair rental value coverage
fair trade
fair trade price
fair value
fair value accounting
fait accompli
faithful representation
fake claims
faking the count
fallacy of composition
fallback position
fallen angel
fallen building clause
false
false breakout
False Claims Act
false consensus effect
false market
false pretenses
family
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
family automobile policy
family brand
family business
family dependent
family expense policy
family house
family income
family income policy
family life cycle
family limited partnership
family maintenance policy
family of funds
family packaging
family policy
family protective trust (FPT)
family room
family style
family trust
Fannie Mae
far option
fare
farm coverage part
farm income
farm liability coverage form
farm personal property
farm property coverage form
farm surplus
farm team
farmer
farmer's comprehensive personal liability
farmers-ranch owner's policy
FASB 157
FASB interpretations
FASB statements of financial accounting concepts (SFAC)
fascism
fashion goods
fast follower
fast market
fast moving consumer goods (FMCG)
fast tracking
fat cat
fat client
fat man strategy
fatal defect
fatalism
fathom
fatigue
fatigue strength
fault
fault resilient
fault tolerant
fault tree
favorable
favorable balance of payments
favorable balance of trade
favorable variance
favoritism
favouree
fax back
FDIC insurance
FDIC insured account
FDIC problem bank list
feasibility analysis
feasibility phase
feasibility study
feather one's nest
featherbedding
feature
feature story
features, advantages, benefits selling (FABS)
feckless
Fed
Federal Advisory Council (FAC)
federal agency
federal budget
federal budget deficit
federal crime insurance program
federal deficit
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Federal Direct Student Loan Program (FDSLP)
Federal Employee's Compensation Act
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
federal estate tax
Federal Farm Credit System (FFCS)
federal funds rate
Federal Government
Federal Home Loan Bank System (FHLBS)
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac)
Federal Housing Administration (FHA)
federal ID number
federal income tax liability
federal income tax withholding payable
Federal Insurance Administration
Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA)
Federal Insurance Office
federal land bank
Federal Maritime Commission (FMC)
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS)
Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae)
federal officials bond
Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC)
federal poverty level (FPL)
federal qualification
Federal Register
Federal Reserve discount rate
Federal Reserve float
Federal Reserve System (The Fed)
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC)
federal subsidy recapture
Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG)
federal tax brackets
federal tax lien
federal taxes
federal telephone excise tax
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
federal trade readjustment allowance
federal unemployment tax (FUTA)
federal-state unemployment compensation program
federally related institution
federally sponsored corporate security
federation
Federation of Small Businesses (FSB)
FedEx
Fedwire
fee
fee for service
fee for service reimbursement
fee income
fee maximum
fee schedule
fee simple absolute in possession
fee simple estate
fee tail
feed backward
feed forward
feed stock
feedback
feedback control
feedback loop
feedback-rule policy
feeder airline
feeder fund
fees earned
fellow servant rule
felony
FEMA declaration process
fence
Fenwick Vankoesveld test
fermentation
ferritic stainless steels
ferritic-austenitic stainless steels
ferroalloys
ferrous alloy
fertility rate
FF&E;
FHA loan
FHA prepayment experience
fiat
fiat currency
fiber
fiber optic transmission
fiberboard
Fibonacci Retracement
Fibonacci series
fiche
FICO score
fictitious asset
fictitious groups
fictitious name statement
fictitious payee rule
fidelity bond
fidelity guarantee
fidelity insurance
fiduciary
fiduciary account
fiduciary duty
fiduciary obligation
fiduciary relationship
field
field engineer
field experiment
field force
field maintenance
field of experience
field of use
field office
field order
field purchase order
field report
field research
field service advice
field service representative
field test
field underwriting
field warehouse
field warehousing
FIFO
fighting brand
fighting the tape
figure
figure of merit
figuring the tail
file
file allocation table (FAT)
file and use rating laws
file backup
file compression
file format
file integrity
file recovery
file server
file structure
file system
file transfer
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
filed
filer
filibuster
filing deadline
filing hierarchy
fill or kill (FOK)
fill rate
film
filtering
filtering down
filthy five
final accounts
final assembly
final consumer
final conviction
final dividend
final good (service)
final maturity date
final offer interest arbitration
final order
final payment
final prospectus
final return for decedent
finality of payment
finance charges
finance company
finance department
finance lease
financed insurance
financed premium
financial
financial accelerator
financial accounting
Financial Accounting Foundation
financial accounting standards (FAS)
financial accounting standards board (FASB)
financial activities
financial analysis
financial asset
financial assistance
financial attributes
financial audit
financial break-even point
financial capital
financial center
financial close
financial commitment
financial contagion
financial controls
financial covenants
financial crisis
financial crisis responsibility fee
financial distress
financial economics
financial engineering
financial expense
financial forecast
financial forensics
financial futures
financial goals
financial guarantee
financial health
financial highlights
financial impact
financial incentive
financial income
financial infidelity
financial information
financial information exchange (FIX)
financial institution
financial instrument
financial intermediary
financial intermediation
financial lease
financial leverage
financial leverage clientele
financial management
financial markets
financial mechanism
financial model
financial objective
financial obligation
financial operating plan (FOP)
financial performance
financial planning
financial position
financial privacy
financial projection
financial ratios
financial records
financial report
financial reporting center (FRC)
financial reporting standards (FRS)
financial resources
financial responsibility clause
financial responsibility law
financial results
financial revenue
financial risk
financial sector
financial service income
financial services
Financial Stability Plan (FSP)
financial stakeholder
financial statement
financial statement analysis
financial structure
financial supply chain
financial system
financial transaction
financial year
financially independent
financing
financing activities
financing cost
financing flows
financing instrument
financing requirement
financing risk
financing squeeze
financing statement
finder's fee
finding aid
finding and development (F&D;)
findings, conclusions, and recommendations (FCR)
fine
fine particle
fine print
fine trade bill
fineness
finger
finish
finished goods
finished goods inventory
finite population
finite replenishment rate
fire
fire aisle
fire and allied perils
fire damage limit
fire department service clause
fire insurance policy
fire legal liability
fire maps
fire point
fire resistant
fire retardant
fire sale
Fire, Casualty, and Surety (FC&S;) Bulletins
firefighting
Firefox
firewall
Firewire
firm anomalies
firm bid
firm commitment
firm fixed price contract
firm offer
firm order
firm price contract
firm quotation
firmware
first carrier
first degree relative
first dollar coverage
first in, still here (FISH)
first lien
first line manager
first loss insurance
first loss policy
first mortgage
first mover
first named insured
first notice day
first round financing
first stage capital
first time yield
first to file
first to file rule
first to market
first world
first-impression error
first-in, first-out (FIFO)
First-in, last-out (FILO)
first-page-out time
first-party insurance
first-time homebuyer
firsthand
fiscal
fiscal agent
fiscal balance
fiscal capacity
fiscal domicile
fiscal drag
fiscal effort
fiscal imbalance
fiscal period
fiscal policy
fiscal records
fiscal stance
fiscal stimulus
fiscal transparency
fiscal value
fiscal year
fiscal year-end
fiscalist
Fisher criterion
Fisher effect
Fisher equation
Fisher hypothesis
fist to five
Fitch Ratings
fitness for use
fitted value
five C's of credit
five C's of marketing
five forces
five S's
five W's of communication
five year rule
fixed accounting
fixed and floating charge
fixed and variable rate allowance (FAVR)
fixed annuity
fixed asset
fixed asset management
fixed asset turnover ratio
fixed assets (net) to net worth ratio
fixed budget
fixed capital
fixed charge
fixed charge coverage ratio
fixed charges
fixed cost
fixed deposit
fixed effects model
fixed exchange rate
fixed expenses
fixed factor
fixed income
fixed income fund
fixed income investment
fixed income security
fixed income trust
fixed input
fixed interest trust
fixed interval inventory
fixed interval inventory model
fixed investment
fixed lead time
fixed location storage
fixed manufacturing overhead incurred
fixed order quantity
fixed order quantity method
fixed overhead cost
fixed path equipment continuous flow
fixed position layout
fixed price
fixed price contract
fixed price contract with economic price adjustment
fixed price contract with price escalation
fixed price incentive contract
fixed price redeterminable contract
fixed production overhead expenditure variance
fixed production overhead variance
fixed production overhead volume capacity variance
fixed production overhead volume efficiency variance
fixed production overhead volume variance
fixed purchase option
fixed quantity inventory model
fixed rate
fixed rate bond
fixed rate loan
fixed term tenancy
fixed-change coverage ratio
fixed-position scanner
fixed-price tender offer
fixed-rate payment
fixed-rule policy
fixtures
flag carrier
flag of convenience
flagship brand
flame
flame spread rating
flammable
flammable gas
flammable liquid
flammable solid
flanker brand
flanking
flash manufacturing PMI
flash memory
flash pasteurization
flash point
flash services PMI
flat
flat benefit formula
flat bond
flat cancellation
flat commission
flat crush test
flat database
flat deductible
flat income bond
flat loan
flat market
flat maternity benefit
flat organization
flat product
flat rate
flat rolled
flat tax
flat yield
flea market
fleet policy
Flesch formula
flex option
flexibility
flexible benefits plan
flexible budget
flexible factory
flexible firm
flexible manufacturing
flexible packaging
flexible premium policy
flexible pricing
flexible reward system
flexible scheduling
flexible specialization
flexible spending account plan
flexible staffing
flexible work
flexible workforce
flexography
flextime
flight
flight capital
flight leg
flight number
flight segment
flight time
flight to quality
flighting
flip-in right
flip-over pill
flipping
flipping houses
float
floater policy
floating asset
floating charge
floating currency
floating debenture
floating debt
floating exchange rate
floating insurance policy
floating point
floating point notation
floating point operation (Flop)
floating point operations per second (Flops)
floating point unit (FPU)
floating policy
floating rate
floating rate bond
floating rate fund
floating rate loan
floating rate note
floating-rate contract
floating-rate payer
flood
flood insurance
floor
floor area
floor area ratio (FAR)
floor broker
floor duty
floor effect
floor plan
floor plan insurance
floor price
floor stock
floor trader
flotation
flotation costs
flow
flow nozzle
flow of funds
flow rate
flow shop
flow through distribution
flow through equity (FTE)
flow time
flow tree
flowchart
fluctuating demand
fluctuating workweek
fluctuation
flue gas
fluid ounce (fl oz)
fluoridation
fluorides
fluorine
fluorocarbons (FCS)
fluorosis
flush
flute
fly ash
foam the runway
FOB destination
FOB shipping point
focus group
focus report
focus strategy
focused factory
focused fund
foil
folding box
foldover design
folio
follow on
follow up
follow up study
follow-the-leader pricing
follower advantage
following form
followship
FOMC meeting
fond
font cache
font family
food
food & drug administration (FDA)
food additive
food biotechnology
food borne disease
food chain
food contaminant
food cover
food label
food poisoning
food stamps
food web
fool's gold
foolscap size paper
foot
foot in the door
foot of head
foot pound
foot pound per second
foot traffic
footnotes
footprint
footprint rationalization
Footsie
for profit organization
for sale
for sale by owner (FSBO)
for value received
for your information (FYI)
forbearance
Forbes
force
force account work
force field
force field analysis
force majeure
force majeure risk
force of attraction doctrine
forced compliance
forced count
forced distribution
forced sale
forced sale value
forced saving
forcible entry
forcing
Fordism
forecast
forecast period
forecasting
forecasting system
foreclosure
foreclosure buyout
foreclosure crisis
foreclosure filing
foreclosure order
Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008
foregone earnings
foreign access zone (FAZ)
foreign body
foreign bond
foreign corporation
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)
Foreign Credit Insurance Association (FCIA)
foreign crowd
foreign currency
foreign currency account
foreign currency credit
foreign currency translation gain/loss
foreign debt
foreign direct investment (FDI)
foreign exchange (Forex or FX)
foreign exchange contract
foreign exchange earnings
foreign exchange forward position
foreign exchange market
foreign exchange option
foreign exchange overnight position
foreign exchange rate
foreign exchange reserves
foreign exchange risk
foreign exchange transactional position
foreign exchange translational position
foreign export
foreign insurer
foreign investment
foreign law
foreign market value
foreign person
foreign plan
foreign policy
foreign public borrower
foreign reserve
foreign sales agent
foreign sales corporation (FSC)
Foreign Sales Representative
foreign sourced income
foreign subsidiary company
foreign tax deduction
foreign trade zone (FTZ)
Foreign Trade Zone Act (FTZA)
foreman
forensic
forensic accounting
forensic audit
forensic engineering
forensic evidence
forensic medicine
foreseeability
foreseeable emergency
foresight
foreword
forfaiting
forfeiting
forfeiture
forfeiture clause
forfeiture of bond
forgery
forgery or alteration coverage form
forging
form
Form 10-k
Form 10-Q
Form 1099
form factor
Form S-1
form SDF
form utility
Form, Fit, and Function (F3)
formal
formal advertising
formal bid
formal communication
formal contract
formal logic
formal organization
formal plan
formal sector
formal structure
formaldehyde (HCHO)
formalization
format
formation
formatting
former Soviet Union (FSU)
forms management
formula
formula basis
formula investing
formula selling
formulary
Forrester Research Customer Experience Index (CxPI)
Fort Knox
FORTRAN
fortress approach
fortuitous event
Fortune 100
Fortune 1000
Fortune 500
forty-foot equivalent unit (FEU)
forum
forward auction
forward commitment
forward contract
forward cover
forward curve
forward exchange contract
forward exchange rate
forward freight agreement
forward integration
forward interest rate
forward linkages
forward margin
forward market
forward P/E
forward parity
forward price
forward pricing
forward procurement
forward rate
forward supply contract
forward swap
forward trading
forward transaction
forward-looking statement
forward-looking study
forwarder
forwarder's air waybill (AWB)
forwarder's bill of lading (B/L)
forwarder's documents
forwards scheduling
fossil fuel
foul bill of lading (B/L)
found money
foundation
foundation exclusion clause
founded
founder
founders' shares
four color process
four functions of management
four P's of marketing
four P's of persuasion
four R's of marketing
four steps of training
four unities
Fourier analysis
fourth dimension
fourth generation language (4GL)
fourth party logistics (4PL)
fox-trot economy
FPS system
fracking
fractal
fractal market hypothesis (FMH)
fraction
fractional coins
fractional currency
fractional distillation
fractional factorial design
fractional factorial DOE
fractional ownership
fractional premium
fractional reserve system (FRS)
fractional share
fracture
fragility
fragmentation
fragmented industry
fragmented market
frame
frame of reference
frame relay
framework
framing
Franc zone (ZF)
franchise
franchise agreement
franchise clause
franchise deductible
franchise fee
franchise insurance
franchise position
franchise tax
franchisee
franchiser
franchising
franchisor
Francophone countries
Frank-effect level (FEL)
franked dividend
franked payment
fraption
fraternal benefit society
fraternal insurance
fraud
fraud ring
fraudulent bill of lading (B/L)
fraudulent claim
fraudulent concealment
fraudulent conveyance
fraudulent misrepresentation
fraudulent trading
free
free alongside ship (FAS)
free and clear
free astray
Free BSD
free capital
free capital ratio
free carrier [named place]
free cash flow for the firm (FCFF)
free cash flow per share
free cash flow to equity (FCFE)
free cash-flow
free city
free coinage
free domicile
free economy
free enterprise
free examination period
free file fillable tax forms
free good
free in liner out (FILO)
free look period
free machining
free market
free market economy
free merchandise
free money
free of capture or seizure clause
free of particular average (FPA)
free on board (FOB)
free on rail
free on truck
free port
free pratique
free reserves
free rider
free rider effect
free right of exchange
free standing emergency medical service center
free standing insert
free standing outpatient surgical center
free standing store
free stock
free trade
free trade agreement
Free Trade Agreement of the Americas (FTAA)
free trade area
free trade zone (FTZ)
free transferability of interest
free zone
free-rein leadership
freedom
freedom from encumbrance
freedom of association
freedom of choice
freedom of contract
freedom of expression
freedom of information
freedom of press
freedom of religion
freedom of testation
freedom of the seas
freeganism
freehold
freehold estate
freehold land
freelance
freely negotiable letter of credit
freemium
freenet
freepost
freestanding
freeware
freeze
freeze out
freeze-out provision
freezing
freezing point
freight
freight all kind (FAK)
freight analysis framework (FAF)
freight bill
freight bill of lading (B/L)
freight carriage
freight charge
freight container
freight cost
freight forwarder
freight insurance
freight invoice
freight manifest
freight notation
freight payer
freight prepaid
freight rate
freight ton
freight-in
freight-out
freighter
french service
frequency
frequency cap
frequency distribution
frequency histogram
frequency marketing
frequency modulation (FM)
frequency of exclusion
frequency polygon
frequency schedule
frequent flier
frequent flier program
frequent lodger
frequent lodger program
frequently asked questions (FAQ)
fresh water
friable
frictional unemployment
friendly loan
friendly settlement
friendly suit
friendly takeover
Friendster
fringe benefit
fringe time
frivolous
frivolous appeal
frivolous defense
frivolous position
front
front company
front desk
front end
front end application
front end load
front end loading
front end ratio
front end separation
front end specifications
front fee
front footage
front line management
front line operators
front loaded lease
front loaded policy
front matter
front office
front-end fee
frontage
frontier markets
frontier worker
fronting loan
frozen account
frozen asset
frozen collateral
frugalista
fruit and tree doctrine
fruition
frustration
frustration of contract
FTP site
FTSE 100
fuel
fuel cell
fuel efficiency
fuel oil
fuel surcharge
fuel tax credit
fugitive emission
fugitive material
fulfillment
fulfillment center
fulfillment house
full accrual accounting
full adult fare
full and accurate record
full and open competition
full assessment
full board rate
full business name
full container load (FCL)
full cost
full cost accounting
full cost pricing
full costing
full coverage
full demand
full disclosure
full duplex connection
full employment
full factorial design
full factorial DOE
full faith and credit
full fare ticket
full invoice value
full line forcing
full line pricing
full maintenance lease
full payment lease
full payout lease
full position
full preliminary term reserve valuation
full reporting clause
full service broker
full service contractor
full service hotel
full service leasing
full service merchant wholesaler
full service restaurant
full service retail store
full service vehicle lease
full set bills of lading
full text database
full theft cover
full time employee
full time employment
full time equivalent (FTE)
full trailer load (FTL)
full-time student
full-year forecast
fully amortizing loan
fully depreciated
fully depreciated asset
fully diluted earnings per share
fully distributed
fully funded documentary letter of credit (FFDLC)
fully insured status
fully invested
fully paid policy
fully paid share capital
fully paid shares
fully valued
fumes
function
function blocks
functional
functional activity
functional analysis
functional area
functional authority
functional based accounting
functional benchmarking
functional budget
functional classification expense
functional currency
functional decomposition
functional departmentalization
functional depreciation
functional failure
functional flexibility
functional isolation
functional management
functional map
functional obsolescence
functional organization
functional process
functional regulation
functional strategy
functional verification
functionalism
functionally oriented layout
functions of money
fund
fund accounting
fund balance
fund focus
fund of funds
fund size
fund-drainer
fundamental
fundamental analysis
fundamental attribution error
fundamental beta
fundamental error
fundamental forecasting
fundamental information
Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation (FIRO)
fundamental law
fundamental rights
fundamental risk
fundamentals
funded debt
funded pension plan
funded requirement
funder
funding
funding agency
Funding Agreement
funding cost
funding gap
funding level
funding operations
funding risk
fundraising
funds
funds from operations (FFO)
funds transfer
funds transfer pricing (FTP)
fungi
fungible
fungicide
fungus
funnel experiment
funnel sinking fund
fur and jewelry floater
furlong
furlough
furniture, fixtures, and equipment (FF&E;)
furthest out
future advances clause
future backward
future cost
future increase option
future interest
future performance
future value
future value of an annuity
future value of an annuity due
futures
Futures Commission Merchant (FCM)
futures contract
futures contract multiple
futures exchange
futures market
futurology
fuzzy logic
fuzzy search