Affirmative
101affirmative action — noun Date: 1965 an active effort to improve the employment or educational opportunities of members of minority groups and women; also a similar effort to promote the rights or progress of other disadvantaged persons …
102affirmative flag — Naut. a flag having five horizontal stripes, blue, white, red, white, and blue, from top to bottom, signifying yes : letter C in the International Code of Signals. * * * …
103affirmative action — noun A policy or program providing advantages for people of a minority group who are seen to have traditionally been discriminated against, with the aim of creating a more egalitarian society through preferential access to education, employment,… …
104affirmative defense — noun A defense against a suit or criminal charge that asserts mitigating facts rather than contesting the main fact of the allegation …
105affirmative waste — noun Any structural change made to an estate in land that intentionally or negligently causes harm to the estate or depletes its resources, unless this depletion is a continuation of a pre existing use. Syn: voluntary waste …
106affirmative sentence — noun A sentence that affirms (rather than negates) a proposition …
107affirmative and negative propositions — Intuitively there may be a difference between asserting that something is the case and ‘merely’ denying that something is the case. But there is no good logical or philosophical way of making the distinction. Modern logic allows that there is… …
108Affirmative covenant — A bond covenant that specifies certain actions the firm must take. The New York Times Financial Glossary …
109affirmative covenant — A provision in the lender s documents that requires the borrower to do something in the future. For example, a requirement for the borrower to provide annual audited financial statements to the bank during the term of the loan. American Banker… …
110Affirmative Action — US amerikanische Bezeichnung für Förderungsmaßnahmen zu Gunsten von Minderheiten und Verbot der Diskriminierung aufgrund von Hautfarbe, Geschlecht, Religion oder nationaler Herkunft. Ein entsprechender Regierungserlass besagt weiterhin, dass… …
