selling loads n.— «Cab rides in New Orleans aren’t even cheap, thanks to factors ranging from the high cost of cab leases to the unsavory practice of hotel employees “selling loads” to cabbies. “Just to get an airport...
FSBO n.— «There, at 29 Tiffany Place, inside apartment 6L, is a family daring to make a go of selling their apartment without the aid of a seller’s real estate broker—a move known in the parlance as a For Sale By Owner listing (or FSBO...
single desk n.— «Farmers would once again be agitating for single-desk selling to get out from under the exploitive and greedy attitude of those who seek to make a fortune while performing no meaningful function.» —“Support sought...
bodyshopping n.— «Outsourcing proper is not quite as common as one might think—outsourcing is not simply a contractual relationship like buying and selling or simply engaging people services—something commonly known as...
flex-fuel car n.— «With alcohol—also called ethanol—cleaner and selling at half the price of gas in South America’s largest country, Brazilians who have bought 200,000 “flex-fuel” cars since their launch last year say deciding which...
woodpecker n.— «I worked in the music business in the late “90s, and it would always rankle me to hear industry wonks refer to albums as “product” or “units.” I never used those words; I worked for a record...