Indirect

  • 41Indirect evidence — Indirect In di*rect , a. [Pref. in not + direct: cf. F. indirect.] [1913 Webster] 1. Not direct; not straight or rectilinear; deviating from a direct line or course; circuitous; as, an indirect road. [1913 Webster] 2. Not tending to an aim,… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 42Indirect tax — Indirect In di*rect , a. [Pref. in not + direct: cf. F. indirect.] [1913 Webster] 1. Not direct; not straight or rectilinear; deviating from a direct line or course; circuitous; as, an indirect road. [1913 Webster] 2. Not tending to an aim,… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 43Indirect costs — are costs that are not directly accountable to a cost object (such as a particular function or product). Indirect costs may be either fixed or variable. Indirect costs include taxes, administration, personnel and security costs, and are also… …

    Wikipedia

  • 44indirect object — 1. In grammar, an indirect object is a person or thing named as the recipient of the direct object of a transitive (or more strictly, ditransitive) verb. In the sentences I gave my sister a book and I gave her a book, my sister and her are the… …

    Modern English usage

  • 45Indirect DNA damage — occurs when a UV photon is absorbed in the human skin by a chromophore that does not have the ability to convert the energy into harmless heat very quickly. Molecules which do not have this ability have a long lived excited state. This long… …

    Wikipedia

  • 46indirect exporting — ➔ exporting * * * indirect export UK US noun [C or U] COMMERCE, ECONOMICS ► a situation in which a company sells its products to customers in another country using an intermediary (= a person or organization that arranges business agreements), or …

    Financial and business terms

  • 47indirect tax — ➔ tax1 * * * indirect tax UK US noun [C] ► TAX a tax on goods or services that are bought, rather than on income: »They have created a type of underground economy in order to avoid paying indirect taxes. »Sales Tax and Value Added Tax are… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 48indirect taxation — ➔ taxation * * * indirect tax UK US noun [C] ► TAX a tax on goods or services that are bought, rather than on income: »They have created a type of underground economy in order to avoid paying indirect taxes. »Sales Tax and Value Added Tax are… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 49indirect evidence — see evidence Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. indirect evidence …

    Law dictionary

  • 50indirect labour — ➔ labour * * * indirect labour UK US (US indirect labor) noun [U] ► ACCOUNTING the workers who are not directly involved in producing goods or supplying services, or the cost of paying those workers: »Indirect labour includes all labour not… …

    Financial and business terms