logansfury opened this issue on Dec 31, 2005 ยท 129 posts
byAnton posted Sat, 31 December 2005 at 9:52 AM
Here are some terms common to the industry both 3d and aboard. brokerage ( P ) Pronunciation Key (brkr-j) n. The business of a broker. A fee or commission paid to a broker. -------------------- Broker 1. An individual or firm that charges a fee or commission for executing buy and sell orders submitted by an investor. 2. The role of a firm when it acts as an agent for a customer and charges the customer a commission for its services. -------------------- Main Entry: independent contractor Function: noun : one that contracts to do work or perform a service for another and that retains total and free control over the means or methods used in doing the work or performing the service -------------------- Main Entry: consign Pronunciation: k&n-'sIn Function: transitive verb : to entrust (one's goods) to the possession of a dealer to be sold for profit or returned if unsold -------------------- self-employed (slfm-ploid) adj. Earning one's livelihood directly from one's own trade or business rather than as an employee of another. --------------------- proprietor: The owner of a one-person business.
-Anton, creator of Apollo Maximus
"Conviction without truth is denial; Denial in the
face of truth is concealment."