It is most frequently associated with accounting, a term used to describe adjustments made to income. For tax purposes, above the line deductions are taken from Gross Income to arrive at Adjusted Gross Income (AGI.) That which is taken out of income before calculations on income are performed for taxation computation. 2. In advertising, a term to refer to broadcast mass media … [Read more...] about ABOVE THE LINE
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ABIGEATUS
Lat. In the civil law. The offense of stealing or driving away cattle. See Abigeus. … [Read more...] about ABIGEATUS
ABMATERTERA
Latin: In the civil law. A great great grandmother's sister, (abaviw soror.) Inst. 3, 6, 6; Dig. 38, 10, 3. Called matertera maxima. Id. 38, 10, 10, 17. Called, by Bracton, abmaterter magna. Bract. foL 68b. … [Read more...] about ABMATERTERA
ABOVE WATER
A term used to denote survival, as opposed to drowning with one's head below water. It is a metaphor for being able to survive and keeping one's head above water. As a company, being a going concern. Staying in the black and not operating at a loss. … [Read more...] about ABOVE WATER
ABIGEI
civil law. Stealers of cattle, who were punished with more severity than other thieves. … [Read more...] about ABIGEI