| Trade Shows can be confusing, particulary when you are unfamiliar with the language. Here is a list of the most commonly used trade show terms along with their definitions. If you know the word you are looking for, simply click on the first letter and go directly to the beginning of the alphabetical listing for that letter. |
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OCEAN BILL OF LADING: A bill of lading (B/L) indicating that the exporter consigns a shipment to an international carrier for transportation to a specified international market. Unlike an inland B/L, the ocean B/L as a collection document. If it is a "Straight B/L," the foreign buyer can obtain the shipment from the carrier by simply showing proof of identity. If a "Negotiable B/L" is used, the buyer must first pay for the goods, post a bond, or meet other conditions agreeable to the seller. (See air waybill, inland bill or lading, through bill of lading.
OFFICIA L CONTRACTORS: Service organizations appointed by show management.
OIL CLOTH: Material used for signs and banners.
ONE SHOT: Exhibit or display fabricated for one use only.
ON-SITE: Location of event or exhibit.
ON-SITE ORDER: A labor or service order placed on-site.
OPEN INSURANCE POLICY: A marine insurance policy that applied to all shipments made by an exporter over a period of time rather than to one shipment only.
OPEN SHOP: Company in which union membership is not a condition of employment. Usually, a company which has no union at all.
OPEN UNION: Union which maintains no prohibitive restrictions for membership. It may be a union which agrees to accept any qualified employee of the employer as a member of the union.
OS & D: An abbreviation for Over, Short, and Damage, which is usually discovered at shipment destination/unloading.
OT LABOR: Work performed on overtime billed at either time-and-one half or twice the published labor rates.
OUTSIDE EXHIBIT: Booth located outdoors.
OUTSOURCE: To subcontract a task or responsibility to a supplier.
OVERLAY: A panel mounted to another surface.
OVERTIME: Time worked by an employee outside, of, or in addition to, regular working time or beyond the legal maximum hours of work.
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