Glossary
Terms starting with G
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- Gorgonzola
- An Italian blue cheese made from pasteurised cows' milk. It's pale yellow streaked with greenish-blue veins. It has a distinct smell and can be mild, strong or sharp in flavour depending on its maturity. Gorgonzola is rich and creamy, generally used…
- Government Benefits Information
- Any of several economic advantages and privileges given by the Federal or State Governments, such as food stamps, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security disability payments, veterans benefits, unemployment insurance, etc., to which certain persons may be…
- Government Grant
- A grant is an award, or transfer of money, to a business or to an individual, given without compensation, and for a specific purpose. Federal Government and State Government Grants may be for anything from small business start-up grants to educational grants…
- Government Grant Information
- An award, or transfer of money from a government to a business or to an individual, given without compensation, for a specific purpose. Federal and State grants may be for anything from business startup grants to educational opportunities and tuition…
- Government Immunity Information
- Also called sovereign immunity, this tradition (now enacted into law) relieves the government from several kinds of common liability. There are exceptions, of course. For example, if the government entity buys insurance for such losses, which they often do…
- GPS (Global Positioning System)
- Consists of 24 satellites that constantly orbit the earth. GPS reports and records your position and navigational information. GPS technology is free; you just need a GPS receiver. GPS applications include camping, hiking, boating, fishing and driving.
- Grace Period Information
- A time period before which the borrower must resume loan payments before the lender can sue. This term also refers to that period after nonpayment of an insurance premium that the policy can still be renewed.
- Graded races
- The most important races. They are classified as Grade I, Grade II or Grade III. One being the most important.
- gradient
- A gradual change in some quantitative property over a specific distance.
- GRADUATED DRIVER LICENSES
- Licenses for younger drivers that allow them to improve their skills. Regulations vary by state, but often restrict night time driving. Young drivers receive a learner’s permit, followed by a provisional license, before they can receive a standard drivers…
- Gram flour
- A flour made from ground chickpeas. It's pale yellow and powdery and has an earthy flavour best suited to savoury dishes. Gram flour contains no gluten and is widely used in Indian cookery.
- GRAMM-LEACH-BLILEY ACT
- Financial services legislation, passed by Congress in 1999, that removed Depression-era prohibitions against the combination of commercial banking and investment-banking activities. It allows insurance companies, banks, and securities firms to engage in each…
- Granadilla
- An exotic fruit belonging to the passion fruit family, granadillas are twice the size of passion fruit with a smooth, brittle, orange shell and a mild, sweet pulp inside made of a mass of flesh-covered green seeds. Only the seeds are eaten, not the shell…
- Grand Jury Information
- A Grand Jury is a panel of citizens gathered by the prosecutor to hear evidence and decide whether charges, or indictments, should be handed up.
- Grandfather Clause Information
- The practice of exempting existing concerns or situations from the effect or impact of new regulations and statutes. The exempted are said to be "grandfathered in" around the new rule. This is typical in zoning issues.
- Granita
- An Italian sorbet made of lightly sweetened syrup, often flavoured with coffee or liqueur. It’s made with a basic sorbet mixture but is stirred during freezing to achieve a coarse texture. It needs to be served as soon as it’s ready and is traditionally…
- Grant Deed Information
- The name of the deed by which the title of real property is transferred from the Grantor to the Grantee.
- Grantee Information
- The Grantee is the person that receives a grant of property from a grantor.
- Grantor Information
- The Grantor is the owner, or person that grants and transfers his or her title to real property to the Grantee.
- Grape Seed Oil
- It has moisturizing and nourishing properties due to its high linoleic acid content.
- Graphical User Interface (GUI)
- A way of interacting with the computer that relies on graphical symbols. Most often requires a mouse. It is less powerful then the command-line interface, but is more user friendly and is easier to learn for users without technical background.
- Gratin
- A gratin is any dish that's topped with cheese or breadcrumbs mixed with knobs of butter, then heated in the oven or under the grill until brown and crisp. The terms 'au gratin' or 'gratinée' refer to any dish prepared in this way. Special round or oval…
- Gravadlax or gravlax
- The traditional Scandinavian method of curing salmon, in which the freshest raw salmon is rubbed with a mixture of sugar, salt, pepper and fresh dill and left to cure until it has turned opaque. True gravadlax should be left to cure at a temperature of…
- Gravamen Information
- The gravamen is the central point, or central issue having the greatest weight. The gravamen is the material part of a greivance.
- Gravitational Interaction
- The interaction of particles due to their mass/energy.
- gravitational lens
- a massive object which magnifies or distorts the light from a more distant object along the same line of sight
- gravitational lensing
- the distortion or amplification of an object’s light due to the presence of a massive object in the light path
- gravitational waves
- weak, wavelike disturbances which represent the radiation related to the gravitational force; produced when massive bodies are accelerated or otherwise disturbed
- Graviton
- The carrier particle of the gravitational interactions; not yet directly observed.
- gravity
- the attractive force that all objects exert on one another; the greater an object’s mass, the stronger its gravitational pull
- gravity waves
- weak, wavelike disturbances which represent the radiation related to the gravitational force; produced when massive bodies are accelerated or otherwise disturbed
- Gravy
- Traditionally, 'gravy' meant simply the naturally concentrated juices that come from meat as it roasts. The juices can also be combined with a liquid such as chicken or beef stock, wine or milk and thickened with flour, cornflour or some other thickening…
- gray crescent
- A cortical region of the newly fertilised egg of frogs and some salamanders that forms just after fertilization on the side opposite sperm penetration.
- Grècque (à la)
- 'À la grècque' is a term that crops up on restaurant menus mostly, and means with the addition of a dressing of tomatoes, fresh herbs, lemon juice and olive oil. It usually refers to a dish of cooked vegetables, served cold as a salad or hors d'oeuvre, as in…
- Green card
- A wallet-sized card showing that the person is a lawful permanent resident (immigrant) in the United States. It is also known as a permanent resident card (PRC), an alien registration receipt card and I-551. It was formerly green in color.
- Green Card
- A Green Card, in immigration law, is the card identifier that actually allows a person to enter the United States legally and to seek employment or remain in the country, depending on the details and restrictions mentioned on the Green Card itself.
- Green Gold
- Green gold is an alloy of gold, silver, zinc and often cadmium.
- GREENHOUSE EFFECT
- The presence of trace atmospheric gases make the earth warmer than would direct sunlight alone. These gases (carbon dioxide [CO2], methane [CH4], nitrous oxide [N2O], tropospheric ozone [O3], and water vapor [H2O]) allow visible light and ultraviolet light…
- GREENHOUSE EFFECT (relating to buildings)
- The characteristic tendency of some transparent materials (such as glass) to transmit radiation with relatively short wavelengths (such as sunlight) and block radiation of longer wavelengths (such as heat). This tendency leads to a heat build-up within the…
- Greenmail Information
- Greenmail is a tactic used by a securities buyer in which they buy enough stock in a company to threaten a hostile takeover and then agree to sell the stock back to the company at a higher price.
- Gremolata
- An Italian garnish of raw, finely chopped garlic, parsley and lemon zest. It's usually sprinkled over slow-cooked braised meats, as in the Italian dish osso bucco, but it makes a good garnish for grilled fish or chicken too.
- GRID
- A system of interconnected power lines and generators that is managed so that the generators are dispatched as needed to meet the requirements of the customers connected to the grid at various points. Gridco is sometimes used to identify an independent…
- Griddle
- A flat cast-iron pan traditionally used for breads and scones. More recently griddles tend to have a ridged surface and are used for cooking vegetables, meat and fish. It tends to be thought of as a healthier method of cooking as the fat from the meat drains…
- Grievance Information
- A grievance generally is the formal complaint or charge brought by labor in the labor/management dispute arena.
- GROSS AREA
- The area of a surface including areas not belonging to that surface (such as windows and doors in a wall).
- Gross Estate Information
- A concept important in tax and estate planning, the Gross Estate is the total value or assets of an estate, before the deduction of estate and gift taxes.
- GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT (GNP)
- The total market value of the goods and services produced by a nation before deduction or depreciation charges and other allowance for capital consumption and is widely used as a measure of economic activity.
- ground
- (bass) A repeating pattern, usually in the bass, over which a melody unfolds, as in Dido's lament from Purcell's Dido and Aeneas.
- ground state
- The developmental state of a cell (or group of cells) in the absence of activation of a developmental regulatory switch.
- group 1 intron
- Self-splicing intron that requires an external guanine-containing nucleotide for splicing; releases the intron in a linear form.
- group II intron
- Self-splicing intron that does not require an external nucleotide for splicing; releases the intron in a lariat form.
- GROUP INSURANCE
- A single policy covering a group of individuals, usually employees of the same company or members of the same association and their dependents. Coverage occurs under a master policy issued to the employer or association.
- group selection
- Selection for traits that would be beneficial to a population at the expense of the individual possessing the trait.
- Guacamole
- A Mexican dish of mashed avocado mixed with lemon or lime juice and various seasonings (usually chilli powder and red pepper). Sometimes finely chopped tomato, onion and coriander leaf are added. You can make it as chunky or as smooth as you like. Guacamole…
- guanine
- A purine base that pairs with cytosine. See purines.
- guanosine
- The nucleoside having guanine as its base.
- GUARANTEE PERIOD
- Period during which the level of interest specified under a fixed annuity is guaranteed.
- GUARANTEED DEATH BENEFIT
- Basic death benefits guaranteed under variable annuity contracts.
- GUARANTEED INCOME CONTRACT GIC
- Often an option in an employer-sponsored retirement savings plan. Contract between an insurance company and the plan that guarantees a stated rate of return on invested capital over the life of the contract.
- GUARANTEED LIVING BENEFIT
- A guarantee in a variable annuity that a certain level of annuity payment will be maintained. Serves as a protection against investment risks. Several types exists.