qualifying period — ➔ period * * * qualifying period UK US noun [C] ► HR the period of time, especially time spent in your job, before you have the right to receive something or do something: »The government has reduced the two year qualifying period for unfair… … Financial and business terms
qualifying period — / kwɒlɪfaɪɪŋ ˌpɪəriəd/ noun a time which has to pass before something or someone qualifies for something, e.g. a grant or subsidy ● There is a six month qualifying period before you can get a grant from the local authority … Dictionary of banking and finance
period — pe‧ri‧od [ˈpɪəriəd ǁ ˈpɪr ] noun [countable] a particular length of time: • She has been taken on for a 6 month trial period. acˈcounting ˌperiod ACCOUNTING a period of time to which a particular payment is related for accounting or tax purposes … Financial and business terms
qualifying — index mitigating, palliative (excusing), preparatory, restrictive Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
Qualifying Disposition — A sale, transfer or exchange of stock obtained through a qualified stock option incentive plan, namely incentive stock option (ISO) plans and employee stock purchase plans (ESPP), that qualifies for favorable tax treatment for the employee… … Investment dictionary
Qualifying Widow/Widower — A federal tax filing status available to widows and widowers for two years after their spouse s death. In the year the spouse dies, the widow or widower can (but is not required to) still file as married filing jointly; he or she could then file… … Investment dictionary
qualifying loss — A trading loss arising in a current accounting period as a result of computing the profits and losses of an organization in accordance with accepted corporation tax principles … Accounting dictionary
qualifying loss — A trading loss arising in a current accounting period as a result of computing the profits and losses of an organization in accordance with accepted corporation tax principles. See loss reliefs … Big dictionary of business and management
qualifying service — / kwɒlɪfaɪɪŋ ˌsɜ:vɪs/ noun the period for which an employee must be employed by a company before becoming eligible to join a group pension scheme … Dictionary of banking and finance
non-qualifying — To qualify for many of the protections under employment legislation, the qualifying employment period must be continuous (Schedule 13 Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978. For unfair dismissal and redundancy, two years continuous… … Law dictionary
