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  • Domestic Corporation

    A corporation in the state in which it is incorporated. (Business, 2002)

    See Also: Foreign Corporation

  • Door-To-Door

    A transportation term used to indicate through transportation of a container and its contents from the consignor to consignee. (ISM, 2000)

  • Double Sampling

    The inspection of a second sample when the first sample does not lead to a decision to accept or reject.

  • Downsizing

    A deliberate management strategy to create a new organizational structure that will result in fewer employees on the payroll. This strategy may include outsourcing, eliminating redundant positions, layoffs, and terminations. (Business, 2002)

  • Draft

    A written order drawn by a creditor directing a debtor to pay a sum of money to a third party or to the bearer.

  • Draw Off Order

    The amount to be delivered by the contractor to the end users under a blanket order as authorized or arranged for by the purchasing office. May also be referred to as a sub-order release.

  • Drawback

    A refund of money paid. For example, a refund of customs duties paid on imported material if the material is later exported.

  • Drawdown

    CANADIAN See Call-Up.

  • Drayage

    A charge for hauling something between various locations by a transportation company.

  • Drill Down

    Access data that is in a lower level of a hierarchically structured database. (Oxford Dictionaries, 2015)