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101Carbon Reduction Commitment — The Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) is a proposed mandatory cap and trade scheme in the United Kingdom that will apply to large non energy intensive organisations in the public and private sectors. It is anticipated that the scheme will have… …
102equity commitment letter — USA In leveraged buyouts (LBOs) by private equity firms, a letter agreement entered into between the private equity fund and the acquisition vehicle formed to finance the acquisition of a portfolio company. In the equity commitment letter, the… …
103loan commitment — n. A promise made by a bank or other lending institution to a prospective purchaser of real estate that it will lend him or her a specified sum at a specified interest rate to purchase a particular property if it is done within a specified period …
104Voluntary commitment — is the act or practice of a person being admitted to a psychiatric hospital, or other mental health facility, voluntarily, and without the process of involuntary commitment. Unlike in involuntary commitment the person is free to leave the… …
105Escalation of commitment — was first described by Barry M. Staw in his 1976 paper, Knee deep in the big muddy: A study of escalating commitment to a chosen course of action .[1] More recently the term sunk cost fallacy has been used to describe the phenomenon where people… …
106Kingsbury Commitment — The Kingsbury Commitment of 1913 formalized AT T s monopoly. The Bell System and independent telephone operators reduced competition out of concern for government intervention. The government had been increasingly worried that AT T and the other… …
107Epistemic commitment — is an obligation, which may be withdrawn only under appropriate circumstances, to uphold the factual truth of a given proposition, and to provide reasons for one s belief in that proposition.Epistemic means of, or relating to knowledge . An… …
108Yue Ding: Commitment — 約定: Commitment Studio album by Michael Wong Released March, 2006 …
109Advance Commitment — A promise or agreement to take some future action. For example, a promise by a buyer to purchase goods at a price set beforehand is an advance commitment. In financial markets, parties may make an advance commitment to sell an asset before they… …
110Back-to-Back Commitment — A commitment to make a second take out loan that piggybacks another loan. With a back to back commitment, once the terms of the first loan are satisfied, it will be rolled into the second loan. The best example of a back to back commitment is… …
