boot n.— «The regulation requires all businesses that use shopping carts to submit an “abandoned cart prevention plan” to the city. Solutions could range from hiring parking lot attendants to installing devices that prevent carts from leaving a...
separation n.— «The company has completed a wage management initiative that will result in the separation of approximately 3,400 store Associates. The separations, which are occurring today, focused on Associates who were paid well above the market...
punee n.— «Prices range from $9 for hand painted or bamboo wind chimes; to $100 for hand-carved garden lanterns and teak steamer chairs; to $2,000 for antique teak punee bed frames.» —“Explorer shares treasures with Hawaii” by Malia...
HIT n.— «Mr. Bezos figured that what had been useful to Amazon would be valuable to other businesses, too. The company opened Mechanical Turk as a public site in November 2005. Today, there are more than 100,000 “Turk Workers” in more than 100...
partsumer n.— «It’s called fractional ownership, which dates to the 1960s time shares, Fortune (March 12) reports. In 1986, NetJets sparked a high-end trend when it began selling shares of planes, after which luxury resorts got into the act and...
seelonce feenee n.— «At approximately 18.15, the Rescue Coordination Centre of New Zealand requested that the Esperanza “stand down.” We informed the Rescue Centre that we would remain within VHF range in case assistance was needed. At 20:15 we...