Look up: skimming

1. Skimming
   Using a machine to remove oil or scum from the surface of the water.
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2. Skimming
   A pricing policy sometimes used by companies introducing a new product. A high price is set to ensure large profits are made before the competitors are able to produce a similar product.
   Found on http://www.bized.co.uk/reference/glossar
   
   
3. Skimming
   Setting the original price high in the early stages of the product life cycle in an attempt to get as much profit as possible before prices are driven down by increasing competition.
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4. skimming
   [n] - the act of removing floating material from the surface of a liquid 2. [n] - failure to declare income in order to avoid paying taxes on it
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5. Skimming
   The most prevalent form of counterfeit fraud whereby a genuine card's magnetic stripe details are electronically copied and put onto another card.
   Found on http://www.chipandpin.co.uk/info/ptoz.ht
   
   
6. Skimming
   setting prices high in order to attract the least price-sensitive customers and to generate profit quickly before competitors enter the market and start to force prices down.
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7. Skimming
   Skim'ming noun 1. The act of one who skims. 2. That which is skimmed from the surface of a liquid; -- chiefly used in the plural; as, the skimmings of broth.
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/114
   
   
8. skimming
   noun the act of removing floating material from the surface of a liquid
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9. Skimming
   • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Skim • (n.) The act of one who skims. • (n.) That which is skimmed from the surface of a liquid; -- chiefly used in the plural; as, the skimmings of broth.
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10. skimming
    (from the article `oil spill`) As yet no thoroughly satisfactory method has been developed for cleaning up major oil spills. Skimming, a technique effective only in calm waters, ...
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11. Skimming
    To remove and discard froth, scum or fat from the surface of stock, gravy, stews and jam. Use either a skimmer, a spoon or absorbent kitchen paper.
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12. Skimming
    Reading or looking at material quickly to gain an overview of the content.
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13. Skimming
    Skimming is slang for taking money illegally.
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14. Skimming
    Skimming is slang for taking money illegally.
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15. Skimming
    High price in the early stages of the product life cycle to get as much profit as possible before prices are driven down by increasing competition.
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16. Skimming
    (fraud) A form of white-collar crime, `skimming` is a slang term<ref Name=dictionary.com>http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/skim--> that refers to taking cash "off the top" of the daily receipts of a business (or from any cash transaction involving a third interested party) a...
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17. Skimming
    (casinos) "In May of 1963...the FBI turned over to the Justice Department a two-volume document called "The Skimming Report," which detailed the illegal siphoning off of gambling profits by Las Vegas casinos to avoid taxes."<ref name="Navasky">Victor Navasky, ...
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