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71external respiration — n exchange of gases between the external environment and a distributing system of the animal body (as the lungs of higher vertebrates or the tracheal tubes of insects) or between the alveoli of the lungs and the blood compare INTERNAL RESPIRATION …
72external liabilities — ➔ liability …
73external analysis — UK US noun [C or U] ECONOMICS ► the examination by a company of the things outside the company, such as the economy, the competition, and new opportunities, that might affect its success: »In this article we present an external analysis of the… …
74external bond — UK US noun [C] ► FINANCE a bond that is sold to investors in several countries at the same time: »The external bond market consists of the Eurobond market and the foreign bond market …
75external customer — UK US noun [C] ► COMMERCE a customer of a product or service who is not an employee or part of the company that supplies it: »Some 78% of the brewery s sales are to external customers, which means it is not relying on volume in its own pubs, and… …
76external deficit — UK US noun [C] ► ECONOMICS, FINANCE a situation in which a country pays more money to other countries than it receives from them, or the difference between the amount paid and the amount received: »an external deficit of 10% of GDP …
77external environment — UK US noun [C, usually singular] ► the conditions and events outside a company that affects the way it operates: »As the organization s external environment evolves, its goals must evolve to reflect this changing environment …
78external labour market — UK US UK (US external labor market) noun [C] ► HR, WORKPLACE the system by which a company looks outside its own organization to find a suitable person for a senior job, instead of giving the job to someone who is already working for the company… …
79external stakeholder — UK US noun [C] ► anyone outside a particular company who is affected by its success or failure, for example, customers, companies that sell it supplies, or banks that lend it money: »The CFO has always been in a delicate position, trying to… …
80external crus of external inguinal ring — external crus of superficial inguinal ring c. laterale anuli inguinalis superficialis …
