Zero-base
also, zero-based. without reference to a base figure or to previous practice; according to present needs only, as opposed to a percentage increase or decrease of previous figures:
zero-base planning; zero-base inventory.
to apply zero-base methods to.
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a process in government and corporate finance of justifying an overall budget or individual budgeted items each fiscal year or each review period rather than dealing only with proposed changes from a previous budget. abbreviation: zbb.
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of or relating to a debt obligation that bears no interest but that is sold substantially below its face value.
- Zero--day
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quality control that strives for a perfect production process, resulting in flawless products. plural noun an aspect of total quality management that stresses the objective of error-free performance in providing goods or services
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a nonzero element of a ring such that its product with some other nonzero element of the ring equals zero.