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To grant, concede, adjudge to. Thus, a jury awards damages; the court awards an injunction. Starkey v. Minneapolis, 19 Minn. 206 (Gil. 166).

When a contractors work performance is checked against the benchmark agreed to. They continue to work as long as they keep their word.

The party that gives a contract to the bidder.

How well a brand or company is knows. A target is set to increase sales.

A making vald, or of no effect; annulling, cancelling; escaping or evading. In English ecclesiastical law. The term describes the condition of a benefice when it has no incumbent In parliamentary language, avoidance of a decision signifies evading or superseding a question, or escaping the coming to a decision upon a pending question. Holthouse. In pleading. The allegation or statement of new matter, in opposition to a former pleading, which, admitting the facts alleged in such former pleading, shows cause why they should not have their ordinary legal effect. Mahaiwe Bank v. Douglass, 31 Conn. 175; Cooper v. Tappan, 9 Wis. 366; Meadows v. Insurance Co., 62 Iowa, 387, 17 N. W. 600; Uri v. Hirsch (C. C.) 123 Fed. 570.

Cancelling a contract when it cannot be continued or is no longer profitable. The parties are released from their agreements.

The cost saved by buying resale instead of building a new plant. The capital cost and operating cost of the plant are considered.

When minimal assertiveness is used to handle a conflict. Each party tends to stay away from the other.

The name of a system of weights (sixteen ounces to the pound) used in weighing articles other than medicines, metals, and precious stones.

The unit of goods sold by weight. Precious metals are not considered. A pound is considered 16 ounces. Metals are sold in troy ounces which is different.