Business / Agriculture / Ad Valorem Duty: A tariff expressed as a fixed percentage of the value of the imported commodity or product. Generally, by contrast, a specific duty is applied as a charge on each unit or specified quantity of an imported item (i.e., $5 per ton).
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Duty Noun Synonyms: respect, deference, loyalty, fealty, fidelity, faithfulness, allegiance
Duty Adjective Synonyms: responsibility, obligation, burden, onus, devoir, office, work, task, assignment, job, stint, chore, occupation, calling, function, role, part, bit, charge
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Technology / Home Audio / Passive Radiator: A type of bass reflex speaker enclosure that includes a 'passive' woofer in addition to the main woofer. The passive woofer isn't powered, but moves in response to changes in air pressure inside the c MORE
Entertainment / Literature / Paradox: Using contradiction in a manner that oddly makes sense on a deeper level. Common paradoxes seem to reveal a deeper truth through their contradictions, such as noting that 'without laws, we can have no MORE
Technology / Television (TV) / Paradigmatic Structure: In semiotics, a manner in which signs are organized and meaning created. Paradigmatic structures create meaning through association, in contrast to syntagmatic structures which create meaning through MORE
Entertainment / Literature / Paradigmatic Change: In linguistics, these are language changes brought about because a sound or a word was associated with a different sound or word. Algeo provides the following example: . . . The side of a ship on whic MORE
Business / Human Resources (HR) / Pay Adjustment: Any change made to the pay rate of an employee, such as an increase or decrease to the rate of pay. MORE
Business / Human Resources (HR) / Pay Grades: A method used to group jobs together that have approximately the same relative internal worth and are paid at the same rate. MORE