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Icon for www.wsj.comWall Street Journal · Jul 29, 2020

Glossary of Key Terms

Annuitant: The person on whose life the income payments are based. The contract owner decides who the annuitant will be. The contract owner and the annuitant are often the same person. Annuitize ...
Icon for www.unhcr.orgUNHCR · Feb 16, 2025

Master glossary of terms

Against this backdrop, the need to update and reissue UNHCR’s master glossary as authoritative guidance on the definition of key terms has emerged as an institutional priority which we hope will be of use to States and others interested in clarity of ...
Icon for www.unr.eduunr.edu · Feb 7, 2022

Key terms and definitions

Language is a key element of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), and can help or hinder efforts on-campus. By developing definitions for common terms and concepts relevant to DEI work, we assert that these terms are not interchangeable—diversity and ...
Cebu Daily News on MSN.com · 23h

Electing a new pope: glossary of key terms

Cardinals will take part in a conclave in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel to elect a new pope. Here is a brief glossary of the event’s key terms: Camerlengo: between the death or resignation of a pope and the election of his successor,
Icon for www.nasdaq.comNasdaq · Sep 10, 2024

Glossary of Stock Market Terms

The Nasdaq.com Glossary of financial and investing terms allows you search by term or browse by letter more than 8,000 terms and definitions related to the stock market. It's powered by the Hyper ...
Icon for www.iaea.orgiaea.org · May 31, 2023

IAEA Nuclear Safety and Security Glossary

The IAEA Nuclear Safety and Security Glossary, 2022 (Interim) Edition, defines and explains technical terms used in IAEA safety standards and IAEA nuclear security guidance and other safety and security related IAEA publications, and provides ...
Icon for www.lse.ac.uklse · Aug 30, 2023

Key terms

Discover Anthropology Glossary of Terms: A list of key terms that you will see and use throughout your studies in anthropology. Some of these terms (e.g., ‘culture’) may seem obvious, but the meanings they hold in anthropological contexts could be ...
Icon for www.bbc.co.ukBBC · Jul 20, 2006

Key terms and definitions

In active euthanasia a person directly and deliberately causes the patient's death. This is when the person who wants to die needs help to kill themselves, asks for it and receives it. A competent ...