Quotation — A very common term which actually refers to two numbers the highest bid price currently available for a security or commodity and the lowest ask price currently available for the same security/commodity. A security s or commodity s quotation… … Investment dictionary
quotation — noun 1》 a group of words from a text or speech repeated by someone other than the originator. ↘a short musical passage or visual image taken from one piece of music or work of art and used in another. ↘the action of quoting from a text,… … English new terms dictionary
American Currency Quotation — A direct quotation in the foreign exchange markets whereby the value of the American dollar is stated as a per unit measure of a foreign currency. This type of quotation shows how much U.S. currency it takes to purchase one unit of foreign… … Investment dictionary
European Currency Quotation — An indirect quotation in the foreign exchange markets whereby the value of a foreign currency is stated as a per unit measure of the U.S. dollar. This type of quotation shows how much foreign currency it takes to purchase one U.S. dollar. For… … Investment dictionary
Alaska purchase — The Alaska Purchase (otherwise known as Seward s Folly or Seward s Icebox) by the United States from the Russian Empire occurred in 1867 at the behest of Secretary of State William Seward. The territory purchased was 586,412 square miles… … Wikipedia
Bethpage Purchase — The Bethpage Purchase was a 1687 land transaction, in which Thomas Powell bought more than convert|15|sqmi|km2 in central Long Island, New York for £140 (English pounds sterling) from local Indian tribes, including the Marsapeque, Matinecoc, and… … Wikipedia
SAP MM — is the materials management module of the SAP ERP software package from SAP AG. Materials management is integrated with other modules such as SD, PP and QM. Materials management is used for procurement and inventory management. The module has two … Wikipedia
Economic Affairs — ▪ 2006 Introduction In 2005 rising U.S. deficits, tight monetary policies, and higher oil prices triggered by hurricane damage in the Gulf of Mexico were moderating influences on the world economy and on U.S. stock markets, but some other… … Universalium
Wikipedia:Featured article candidates — Here, we determine which articles are to be featured articles (FAs). FAs exemplify Wikipedia s very best work and satisfy the FA criteria. All editors are welcome to review nominations; please see the review FAQ. Before nominating an article,… … Wikipedia
Order (business) — In business or commerce, an order is a stated intention, either spoken or written, to engage in a commercial transaction for specific products or services. From a buyer s point of view it expresses the intention to buy and is called a purchase… … Wikipedia
Wali Mohammed (Guantanamo detainee 560) — Wali Mohammed is a citizen of Afghanistan held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, in Cuba. [http://www.defenselink.mil/news/May2006/d20060515%20List.pdf list of prisoners (.pdf)] , US Department of Defense … Wikipedia