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31external trade — ➔ trade1 * * * external trade UK US noun [U] ► COMMERCE trade in products and services with foreign countries: »Total external trade amounted to US$323.9 billion, down 0.4% from the previous year. »external trade policy/relations …
32external liability — UK US noun [C, usually plural] (plural external liabilities) ► ACCOUNTING an amount of money that a company owes to lenders or creditors (= people or organizations that have lent it money, or sold it goods), compared to money that is owed to… …
33External risk — External RisksIn Contract LawIn contract law, are risks that are produced by a non human source and are beyond human control. They are unexpected but happen regularly enough in a general population to be broadly predictable, and may be the… …
34External limiting membrane — Latin membrana limitans externa Gray s subject #225 1017 The external limiting membrane (or outer limiting membrane) is one of the ten distinct layers of the retina of the eye. It has a network like structure and i …
35external auditory canal — n the auditory canal leading from the opening of the external ear to the eardrum called also external acoustic meatus, external auditory meatus * * * meatus acusticus externus …
36external audit — ➔ audit1 * * * external audit UK US noun [C] ► ACCOUNTING an official examination of the accounts of a company or organization by an expert from outside: »He called for an external audit of the society s records. ► LAW an examination of the… …
37external debt — ➔ debt * * * external debt UK US noun [U] ► ECONOMICS, FINANCE the total amount of money that a country owes to other countries: »The country s external debt is a staggering $38bn and its takes half the annual budget to service it. → See also… …
38external equity — exˌternal ˈequity noun [uncountable] HUMAN RESOURCES when the pay that workers in one organization receive is similar to that of other workers doing a similar job in other organizations * * * external equity UK US noun [U] (also external… …
39external growth — ➔ growth * * * external growth UK US noun [U] (also inorganic growth) ► the increase in a company s sales and profits that is a result of buying other companies or of forming a business relationship with them : »External growth is the quickest… …
40External beam radiotherapy — otherwise known as teletherapy, is the most frequently used form of radiotherapy. The patient sits or lies on a couch and an external source of radiation is pointed at a particular part of the body. Kilovoltage (also known as Superficial or Deep) …
