Koclak system

A codification system comprising 10 digits of numeric characters.

Know why

The fundamental knowledge behind know-how.

Know how

A technology or an invention available for sale by the user.

Knock off

(Informal) A copy or imitation made for commercial gain. Piracy and plagiarism.

Kite flying

1) Fraudulent practice. A risky charlatanism in business or commerce.
2) The using of accommodation bills to help the parties mutually without support of assets.

Kite

To create a fictitious bank balance by depositing a check for which there is no fund, which is then sought to be covered by accommodation or funds.

Kilohertz/kz

1.000 hertz.

Kilobyte/k

1.000 bytes.

Kick off

(Informal) Start.

Kick back

Payment for collaboration especially for illicit profit. An underhand means for securing undeserved benefit, gain or privilege.

Key variables

Key variables are essential components of a successful strategy. Those variables for designing the system of evaluation and control differ from enterprise to enterprise.

Key result areas

Those result or outputs whose accomplishment is crucial to the existence of the specific managerial position or success of a unit.

Key punch

A data-input mode in which holes punched in cards conforming to a code are read by a computer as direction patterns.

Keynote idea

The central idea that any document introduces.

Key industry

An industry essential to the carrying on of others. A mother or core industry of which the product is a major input to many other industries down the line; - such as power and steel.

Key factor

A factor which at any time or over a period of time may limit the extent of action often due to shortage or difficulty of supply.

Key executive insurance

An insurance that safeguards a business, in case of death of an important executive, against financial losses.

Key account

A massive account of crucial importance.

Keogh account

A kind of retirement account for self-employed persons.

Kennedy round

The round of negotiations relating to the general Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; named after President Kennedy in the 1960s.

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