GROSS SALES is the total revenue at invoice value prior to any discounts or allowances. See also GROSS REVENUE.
COST-OF-LIVING LEASE is a lease where yearly increases are tied to the cost of living index.
EXPROPRIATION is the taking of property or rights by governmental authority such as eminent domain, possibly including an emergency situation, such as taking a persons truck or bulldozer to build a levee during a flood. In such a case just compensation eventually must be paid to the owner, who can make a claim against the taker.
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