one of three dimensions of the supply chain network design; the number of tiers in the supply chain, representing the total number of levels through which goods and services must pass from the earliest to end stages of the chain
A passive activity loss for the tax year is the excess of your passive activity deductions over your passive activity gross income. What are the passive activity limitations? Your passive activity losses are limited to the amount of your passive activity income for the taxable year.
Stop-loss policy. In the United States military, stop-loss is the involuntary extension of a service member's active duty service under the enlistment contract in order to retain them beyond their initial end of term of service (ETS) date and up to their contractually agreed end of active obligated service (EAOS).