Non-profit organizations

Non-profit organizations

Abbreviated as NGO, and also known as not-for-profit organisation; an organisation that does not distribute its surplus capital to shareholders or owners, but instead uses them to pursue its original goals.They are usually exempt from income and property tax and most often include charitable organisations, trade unions and public arts organisations.

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Minsk

Geography; Capitals

capital of Belarus

mezzanine financing

Financial services; Venture capital

Late-stage venture capital, usually the final round of financing prior to an IPO. Mezzanine Financing is for a company expecting to go public usually within 6 to 12 months, ...

beta scission

Software; Analysis software

A beta scission reaction is a chemical reaction where the main feature is the scission of a bond beta (connected to an adjacent atom) to the atom bearing a radical. A unimolecular ...

curveball

Sports; Baseball

A pitch that curves as it gets close to the batter. The pitcher puts rotation on the ball to make it curve.

straight punch

Sports; Boxing

This is a punch that is thrown straight out in front of the boxer. Jabs are short straight punches. A straight punch is usually aimed at the head of the opponent. They can also be ...

cold water method

Beverages; Coffee

A brewing method where the ground coffee is soaked in a proportionally small amount of cold water for ten to twenty hours and then separated by the drip method. The resulting very ...