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define ADO: Area Development Organization
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define AEDC: ED initials stand for Economic Development
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define affidavit: x
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define affiliate: x
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define affordable housing: x
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define after tax: x
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define agreement in principle: x
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define air rights: x
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define alliance: x
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define alternative workweek: x
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define annex: x
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define announcement: x
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define annuity: x
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define ANSI: x
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define apples to apples: x
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define x: x
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define association: x
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... workers not actually in a labor market such as retirees, separating military personnel, students or spouses that have no record of seeking a job in a market under analysis labor, a classification of auxiliary workers counted in a labor pool for their potential as workers. Labor pools containing potential supplemental workers are sometimes referred to as ancillary labor pools.
angel investor:
... an individual not classified as a speculator but who nevertheless commits money to something without the normal expectation of financial return and who has less concerned for risk; a term used to describe those who provide financial support for non-profit entrepreneurial startups, business incubators, innovative enterprise development and the like.
annex:
... the act of joining or adding one property, area or thing to another; annexation.
define announcement
... the act of bringing something to public attention
annuity:
... a contract that creates an asset which, when called upon (annuitized) as agreed, pays a constant amount for a fixed period of time or for a lifetime to its named depositor. It's best know use is for building retirement income. To annuitize is to begin withdrawal. The length of the interval that the contract establishes between payments is called an annuity period.
ANSI:
... initials used to identify the American National Standards Institute (www.ansi.org)
antitrust law:
... a means of regulating monopolies and preserving business competition. Laws in the USA view economic competition as a condition in which fair prices can be determined through market forces without the interference from interests that would control them for private gain. Lawsuits brought against alleged violators of antitrust laws are called antitrust suits.
apples to apples:
... an expression that indicates a valid comparison see comparative analysis.
apples to oranges
... an expression that indicates that a comparison is not validsee apples to apples.
appraisal:
... an estimate of value. Real estate appraisers need experience and acceptable credentials before attempting to estimates the worth or value of property, i.e., to produce a useful appraised value (see below). Taxing authorities use appraisers to help levy ad valorem taxes. There are three approaches to making real estate appraisals: Estimate value based on ... (1) cost; (2) sales comparison or (3) income capitalization. Suggestions for keyword combinations to use to search the Web for more information about real estate apprising are in the .network resource arc hive. Use the Google/.network search engine
appraised value:
... an opinion of what something, such
as real estate, is worth or what its price should be based
on the assumption that it is for sale. A real estate appraiser,
hopefully qualified by knowledge and experience, typically
does the work for taxing
authorities. Scroll up to the definition of appraisal
for links to comments about three approaches to forming
opinions on the value of real estate and other property
offered for sale or held in inventory.
arbitrage:
... an attempt to profit by price
differential exploitationmore from
InvestorWords.com
define area ... that which surrounds or makes up what is defined as round about a place
define area development ... (this now goes to library area development)
area development agency:
... an ADO; authorized representative
for a number of places seeking
economic development
area development directory:
... a list of resource
and service providers,
with contact
data, engaged in enterprise
and economic development in a defined geographic
area; an economic
development directory, for
example, Economic Development.net has an area
development section. Its area is global.
area development resource guide:
... an area development directory that
has information about resources and services available
in addition contact
data, for example, the Global
Registry of Contacts. Its a global guide to resource
and service providers that is used to deliver
on the search promise of The Network. Those who
are engaged in enterprise
and economic development are
offered to opportunity
of having a record in the GRC for free. To
apply for or update a record in the GRC one is requested to provide
information about services and service area.
define area economy: x
arm's length:
... a transaction during which the parties deal
from equal bargaining positions and stand upon the strict
letter of the law or act in a formal manner on all exchanges.
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assessment:
... an official valuation of real property for
tax purposes. It's generally based on an appraisal.
assessment ratio:
... the relative assessed value of a property
to what it might bring if offered for sale as used to establish
taxabilityan
ad valorem tax burden
which is a capital amount calculated for collection by
a taxing
authority. Answers.com has more
information about assessment ratio. Also, see appraised
value (real estate) in Site Location Assistance.com
define asset ... property of value that is convertible to cash
define asset manager ... as in real
estate asset manager
define association
... as in membership
organization or special interest group
define assumptions:
... specifications tentatively stated with a
plan or at the beginning of a project so that they can
be challenged; matches for a set of site selection criteria
or project justifications that are to be challenged in
support of the decision making process. See, for example,
the assumption under ambient as
if it were applicable to a specific location under consideration.
Assumptions must eventually be proved to be true or capital
invested in expansion, relocation or startup projects is
at risk
define at risk
... a condition that signals the possibility
of loss. See the definitions of risk
analysis and risk
management, two things that enterprise
developers must do to avoid having at-risk companies on their hands. More
information about risk in Site Location Assistance.com
attraction
... a responsibility that economic
developers have when representing locations;
i.e., they work at developing prospects.
The responsibility stems from a principle stating:
(The) the entire set of approaches to (the
practice) may be considered a specialized form
of marketing. Attraction is also a tourism term;
e.g., IAAPA is an acronym for the International
Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions,
a trade association that is important
to tourism as economic developmentSee
the resource paper: Tourism
as Economic Development: A Brief Guide for Communities
and Enterprise Developers.
attractiveness of the area:
... AKA attractiveness of the region,
attractiveness of the location, attractiveness
of the community, all expressions used
to promote an area, a region, a location or
community within
the context of the .network mission.
See the definition of livability.
attrition:
... the gradual reduction in the number of employees.
Attrition is brought about by not replacing those who leave
an employer or a workforce. The personnel loss from the
workforce of a relocating company or operation, at its
original location, and replaced at the new location, is
sometimes counted as attrition, although the loss my not
be so gradual.
define available building ... a commercial or industrial structure
offered for sale or lease.
available real estate:
... a location
data element which is most likely to show
up at a economic
development agency website simply as real
estate or, more likely, as available
buildings and available
sites (separate links). Buildings and sites
or vice versa may be seen as a single header for listing
commercial
and industrial real estate, for example,
in a location
package. Other location data categories that
essentially mean the same thing are industrial
sites and real
estate sites or sometimes even site
selection, industrial
parks, and available properties are
headers. See the list
of various types of location data suppliers to
determine which ones are most likely to be useful to
you in requesting real estate information
along with location
data.
avulsion:
... the sudden and unexpected loss or removal of land that occurs due to a violent action of nature, such as a flood.
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