(finance) Also known as wholesale lending, a form of retail goods inventory financing in which each loan advance is made against a specific piece of collateral.

(informal) Used to indicate agreement with a proposed suggestion.

plural of open-plan kitchen

(UK, pensions) A retirement annuity contract.

(finance) A company-run program, in which for an enrolled shareholder, the program takes the company's stock dividend payout to the investor, to buy more shares in the company's stock.

A kitchen without walls separating it from the rest of house. Typically, this includes the dining room and living room, and is often collectively called the great room.

A scheme by which an employer offers top-hat pensions.

(idiomatic) After a plan against an enemy is drafted, there will be unexpected elements from the opposition that will call for improvisation.

No matter how a project is planned, accidents or misfortune can still happen with it.

Alternative form of the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry