conso-loan n.— «All members of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) may now avail of the new GSIS loan procedure known as consolidated salary loan otherwise known as conso-loan.» —“Gov’t personnel now enjoy GSIS conso...
unbanked adj.— «About 60 percent of recent Latino immigrants are “unbanked,” an industry term meaning that they do not have a checking or savings account, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. The agency estimates...
Kelly day n.— «Also, anyone paying 15 percent of their health insurance will get an additional “Kelly Day,” the term for an extra day off a firefighter has the option to take or work for time and a half.» —“Firefighters...
buckraking n.— «All three contracted with the insurance lobby to give speeches to industry groups for large sums of money, a practice known as “buckraking.” Though the Washington Post reported in 2002 that NBC prohibited its...
ambulance-chasing n.— «“Clinical research and translational research is down 70% in the U.S.,” he tells me, laying out two primary explanations: First, he blames “the lobbies, restrictions, confidentiality problems, insurance...
undercard n.— «Donofrio, who had back surgery Monday for injuries he traces in part to wrestling, said, “If you’re an undercard guy, if you don’t work, you don’t eat. That’s the shame of the business. You talk about the biggest...