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TRANS-SHIPMENT POINT: A location that serves as a change from one transportation mode to another, such as from boat to train or truck to plane. Location theory indicates that trans-shipment points serve as a point of attraction for economic activity by virtue of saving terminal (load and unloading) cost. This indicates why harbors, interstate highway exits, railroad depots, and similar off-one-mode-onto-another-mode have historical emerged as economic centers.
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PROMOTION: Sometimes referred to as the promotion mix, the variable of the marketing mix focusing on 4 elements: advertising, sales promotion, personal selling, and public relations. Promotion is that part of the mix that communicates the company, brand, and availability of the product to the target market. Organizations donŐt necessarily use all of the 4 elements. See also | advertising | sales promotion | personal selling | public relations | product | price | marketing mix | distribution | packaging |  Recommended Citation:PROMOTION, AmosWEB GLOSS*arama, http://www.AmosWEB.com, AmosWEB LLC, 2000-2025. [Accessed: July 18, 2025].
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NEEDS STANDARD An income distribution standard in which income is divided among members of society based on how much production each person requires to maintain a given living standard. This is one of three basic income distribution standards that answers the For Whom? question of allocation. The other two are the contributive standard and the equality standard.
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During the American Revolution, the price of corn rose 10,000 percent, the price of wheat 14,000 percent, the price of flour 15,000 percent, and the price of beef 33,000 percent.
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"A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses those skills to accomplish his goals. " -- Larry Bird, basketball player
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T-BOND Treasury Bond
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