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1. Someone who starts a new business venture often involving innovation and risk taking.






2. A machine used to pick up and transport goods loaded on pallets.






3. Debts owed to a company usually from sales on credit.






4. A rectangluar piece of luggage for carrying clothes.






5. The total value of all the outstanding shares of a publicly-traded company.






6. Series of questions designed to gather information on a certain topic.






7. A planned - temporary break in a journey - for instance to change planes.






8. The purchase of a business based on the company's cash recipts and the belief positive cash flow will continue.






9. Port where cargo enters a country and is unloaded.






10. A form of company which has a separate legal identity and limited liabilities.






11. Earnings Before Interest - Taxes - Depreciation and Amortization.






12. Service taking cargo from a regional port or airport to a central hub for a long-haul voyage.






13. An investment contributed at the early stages of a new venture.






14. Damage or hurt experienced by a person or animal.






15. Part of the Bill of Rights which provides people with the right to be secure in their persons - houses - papers etc.






16. Cargo which is booked but does not arrive in time to be loaded onto a vessel.






17. The complete range of a company's offerings including products and services.






18. The efforts to make a product seem different from rival products or even unique.






19. A new scientific or technical idea.






20. Bills to be paid as part of the normal course of business.






21. Metal rails along which a train travels.






22. Someone who acts as an agent on behalf of a shipper.






23. The examination and evaluation of something.






24. A document representing one unit of ownership in a corporation - mutual fund or limited partnership.






25. Duties or taxes imposed by the government on imported and exported goods.






26. A place for the reception - delivery - consolidation - distribution and storage of goods and cargo.






27. An agreement that regulates the rights and obligations of shareholders.






28. The relationship between technology and the legal right to privacy in the collection and sharing of data about oneself.






29. Someone who invests in a business partnership without taking part in business affairs. Usually sleeping partners have limited liability.






30. A telephone call requested at a certain time to wake someone up.






31. The monitoring or close observation of behaviour.






32. The right to have your sexual orientation and practices remain secret.






33. The granting of power to perform various acts or duties.






34. General term for ships designed to carry cargo rather than passengers.






35. One of the documents required by a firm to become a limited company.






36. The science of making sure people and machines work together as well as possible.






37. Transportation method where truck trailers with their loads are moved by train to their destination.






38. The truck unit onto which freight in a container is loaded.






39. Ships with permanent container cells with little or no space for other cargo types.






40. To make valid by approval - to establish the certainty of something.






41. The benefit of larger scale production where costs are spread over more units which lowers the average unit cost.






42. A marketing strategy where a company tries to gain greater dominance in a market - for example - by offering special prices.






43. Letting a third-party company take care of your logistics for you.






44. The system of technology - people - organizations etc involved in moving services or products from supplier to customer.






45. Positions customer's relative perceptions of one brand in comparison to other competitive alternatives.






46. Mechanical device controlling the flow of a gas or liquid in a system.






47. The state of remaining unknown to most other people.






48. The planning - implementation and control of flow and storage of goods.






49. Net profits divided by net worth or total equity.






50. Documents used to procure freight and express transportation and services from commercial carriers.







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