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  • Buffering effect

    Any factor that reduces the harmful effects of various diseases, drugs, stress-related deficits, and the risk of medical problems, buffer.  

  • Buerger’s disease

    A circulatory disease characterized by coldness, numbness, and tingling in the feet. Phlebitis. is common is most prevalent in smokers, although the specific cause of the disease is unknown. Disease of unknown cause, affecting primarily men who are heavy tobacco users, in which arteries, most often in the legs and feet, become inflamed and occluded,…

  • Budget committee

    In politics, a committee of legislators, which acts in an advisory capacity to the budget agency q.v. between sessions of the general assembly.  

  • Budget bill

    In politics, a bill specifying the amounts approved by the general assembly for each program of state or federal government.  

  • Budget approach

    Position pricing.  

  • Budget agency

    In politics, an executive agency that prepares the budget document for the governor or president.  

  • Budget (executive)

    In politics, suggested allocation of state money presented by the governor for consideration by the legislature.  

  • Budget

    In management, a written statement of the money a person or organization has or expects to receive and the expenses anticipated for a specified period of time. A detailed plan in financial terms for carrying out of a program of activities in a specified period, usually a fiscal year. The budget typically accounts for all…

  • Buddy ratings

    In management, a process whereby coworkers rate each other on particular qualities.  

  • Buckley amendment

    A federal law that protects the privacy of information held by an institution or an organization regarding an individual until it is released by the individual or his or her guardian.  

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