]> 2008/06/10 OpenCyc Knowledge Base Copyright© 2001-2008 Cycorp, Inc., http://www.cyc.com/, Austin, TX, USA This file contains an OWL representation of information contained in the OpenCyc Knowledge Base. The content of this OWL file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license whose text can be found at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode. The content of this OWL file, including the OpenCyc content it represents, constitutes the "Work" referred to in the Creative Commons license. The terms of this license equally apply to, without limitation, renamings and other logically equivalent reformulations of the content of this OWL file (or portions thereof) in any natural or formal language, as well as to derivations of this content or inclusion of it in other ontologies. externalID A unique, language-neutral, variable-sized identifier for a concept that can be used to refer unambiguously to that concept across OWL exports or across Cyc inference engines. label A natural-language representation for a concept that is both human readable and readable by the Cyc inference engine. These terms are not guaranteed to refer to the same concept across time but are guaranteed to be consistent within a particular OWL export. Use 'cycAnnot:externalID' for unambiguously referring to a concept across OWL exports or across Cyc inference engines. CommercialActivities-Financial-Topic A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rAmoSCGJbQdiSXZJvYiNhkQ" class="cyc_term">CycVocabularyTopic</a> and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rtGXkHpNaEdqAAAACs0uFOQ" class="cyc_term">KBDependentCollection</a>. commercial activities financial topic

authorized agreement A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVivo5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Agreement</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVivo5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Agreement</a> is a generic agreement that is authorized by one of the agreeing parties (typically by the issuer of the document embodying the agreement). <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViwHJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AuthorizedAgreement</a>s are generic in the sense that their authorizing agents are party to many similar agreements; for that reason, an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViwHJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AuthorizedAgreement</a> is typically given a unique identification number. Notable positive examples include bank accounts, driver's licenses, and stock certificates. AuthorizedAgreement

A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViPO5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SocialOccurrence</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVieP5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PurposefulAction</a> (qq.v.). Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViMOJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BusinessEvent</a> is a purposeful activity that is closely associated with, and either helps or hinders, the business purpose of some agent. Examples include the development of General Motors' business plan for 2003, an individual sales call on a particular customer, printing the 2003 Yellow Pages directory for the Los Angeles area, selling a newspaper, and designing and manufacturing a new memory chip. Though there is a great deal of overlap between this collection and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViHpJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommercialActivity</a>, they are not the same. Firstly, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViMOJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BusinessEvent</a> does not include any purely social or recreational events (whereas a weekend swap-meet, for example, would be an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViHpJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommercialActivity</a>). Secondly, not all activities carried out in pursuit of business interests involve buying or selling (consider head-hunting, for example). BusinessEvent business activity

(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj95ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">totalCharge</a> THING MONEY) means that the total charge for all goods, services, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi8wJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">salesTax</a> and other taxes, shipping and handling, delivery charges, discounts, etc., in order to buy the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAxJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TemporalThing</a> THING is the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjU2JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MonetaryValue</a> MONEY. For the thing's price without such extra charges, see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViMf5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">basicPrice</a>. This predicate is not to be confused with <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rsbp5QHmNEdaAAAABAxv-7A" class="cyc_term">totalCharge_Event</a>, which is the total charge not for a (purchased) thing but for a given <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjL2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Buying</a> event. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjUlZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">cost</a>. totalCharge total charge

An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViq35wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TemporalObjectType</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkKHZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Paying</a> is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkI05wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TransferringOwnership</a> in which one agent (the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwDyEMJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">payer</a>) transfers something of value to another agent (the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVipeZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">toPossessor</a>) in exchange for some goods or services rendered (or to be rendered). In each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkKHZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Paying</a>, the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwDyEMJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">payer</a> gives the payee <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViSj5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FullUseRights</a> to the thing(s) transferred to the payee. See the #$SharedNoteOnTheDifferenceBetweenPayingAndSpendingMoney. payment Paying

A specialization of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv_uG0JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MonetaryExchangeOfUserRights</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjgVpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TemporaryChangeOfUserRights</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjXvZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Renting</a> is an event during which one agent grants to another agent the use of an object (owned or controlled by the first agent) for a period of time, in exchange for some remuneration. The schedule of payment may vary, depending upon the rental period, type of object involved, type of usage granted, and/or other considerations. The agent providing the object to rent is related to the instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjXvZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Renting</a> by the predicate <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVmEgpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">fromPossessor</a> (q.v.); the agent paying to use the object is related to the instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjXvZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Renting</a> by the predicate <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVipeZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">toPossessor</a> (q.v.). Those agents enter into an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVivo5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Agreement</a> (q.v.). Examples of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjXvZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Renting</a> might include: Fred renting a particular apartment last year; Jane renting a car all this week; Jack renting a canoe on Saturday morning. renting Renting

price <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViMf5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">basicPrice</a> OBJECT MONEY)</code> means that to buy the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAxJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TemporalThing</a> <code>OBJECT</code> one needs to pay the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjU2JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MonetaryValue</a> <code>MONEY</code>, where <code>MONEY</code> can be either a discrete quantity or an interval. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViMf5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">basicPrice</a> should be distinguished from the (rather different) predicates <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvfrIy5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">appraisedValue</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjUlZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">cost</a> (qq.v). For the price at which an item was bought some time in the past, see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVibOpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">bookValue</a>. For the total charge for purchase of an object, including tax, shipping, handling, etc., see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj95ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">totalCharge</a>. For relating <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjL2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Buying</a> events to the basic price of items bought during those events, see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvgGJKJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">basicPrice_Event</a>. Since prices are time-sensitive, assertions about <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViMf5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">basicPrice</a> should be suitably qualified. basicPrice

A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViG3JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SelectingSomething</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViHpJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommercialActivity</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViPjpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BuyingActivity</a> is a collection of events that are very generally related to purchasing goods or services. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViPjpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BuyingActivity</a> is an event that is either (i) a common prelude to buying (i.e., the kinds of activities that contribute to their doers becoming buyers), or (ii) an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjL2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Buying</a> itself. Examples of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViPjpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BuyingActivity</a> include shopping for, or ordering, something very specific, and also general expressions of interest in purchasing something, such as placing an `Item Wanted' ad in a newspaper. BuyingActivity buying activity

buying Buying A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViQlpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExchangeOfUserRights</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViPjpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BuyingActivity</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjL2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Buying</a> is an event in which an agent (the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjQe5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">buyer</a>) voluntarily pays (or agrees to pay later) for goods or services provided by another agent (the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjxTpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">seller</a>). A buying event might include subevents of negotiating, paying, and the transferring of the purchased thing to the buyer. Examples of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjL2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Buying</a> include: purchasing fighter jets for the Navy; buying a Pepsi from a vending machine; ordering dinner at a restaurant; acquiring a life insurance policy for oneself; mail-ordering clothes from Sears; shopping at a farmers' market. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjL2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Buying</a> is not a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv_uG0JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MonetaryExchangeOfUserRights</a>, since there need not be any money exchanged in the actual <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjL2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Buying</a> event; consider, e.g., a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViNA5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CreditSale</a>.

A predicate which relates a type of thing typically rented out to the collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjXvZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Renting</a> events in which that type of thing is rented. (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rbUjx6DSZQdeSv-7u72HNMg" class="cyc_term">rentingOf</a> OBJECT-TYPE EVENT-COL) means that all events in EVENT-COL involve the renting of a thing of type OBJECT-TYPE (such as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViVwZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Automobile</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjj6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CellularTelephone</a>, etc). See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQwej5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">rents</a>. rentingOf Renting Of

sales activity SalesActivity A collection of actions and a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViMOJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BusinessEvent</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViHpJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommercialActivity</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViP0pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SalesActivity</a> is an action performed in an effort to achieve a sale to a second agent. Examples of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViP0pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SalesActivity</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQr8FJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Advertising</a>, telemarketing, showing samples and/or actual products to customers in a show room or a store. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViP0pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SalesActivity</a> which are successful lead to corresponding instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjL2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Buying</a>. Note: <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViP0pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SalesActivity</a> does NOT include manufacturing, accounting, and other such ancillary business activities.

bill A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkEx5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TextualMaterial</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjXsZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Bill_PaymentRequest</a> is a written notification of a demand or request made by a creditor (or its agent) to a debtor, for payment of a debt (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjD8ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PaymentObligation</a>) previously incurred for some loan, goods, or services. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjXsZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Bill_PaymentRequest</a> include telephone bills, tax bills, department store bills, cleaning bills, and fuel bills. Note that this collection includes only actual physical copies of bills -- for the information contained in a given bill (which might be reproduced in more than one physical copy of it), see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQwe6JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Bill_PaymentRequest_PIT</a>. Nor is this mere piece of paper to be construed as the actual request (or demand) for money (for which see collections such as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjqypwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Requesting_CommunicationAct</a>). See also the predicate #$owesDebts. Bill-PaymentRequest

purchase requisition form A collection of documents. Each element of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjwaJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PurchaseRequisitionDocument</a> is a text document sent within an organization, to a purchasing agent, in order to request that the organization purchase some particular item(s). Such a document may require authorization by the requestor's superior before it is recognized as a legitimate request. PurchaseRequisitionDocument

The predicate <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjxTpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">seller</a> relates an agent to an event in which some item is sold. <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjxTpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">seller</a> EXCHANGE AGENT)</code> means that the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAB5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Agent_PartiallyTangible</a> <code>AGENT</code> sells something in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv_uG0JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MonetaryExchangeOfUserRights</a> <code>EXCHANGE</code>. seller seller

ServiceEvent service A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQBn8ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HelpingAnAgent</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjeRpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ServiceEvent</a> is an event in which one or more agents (related to the event via the predicate <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjMyJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">providerOfService</a>) do something for one or more other agents (related to the event via the predicate <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi7p5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">recipientOfService</a>). A service event may involve maintenance, repair, or refurbishing of some object belonging to the recipient(s) of the service (including care of his/her person), or it may involve gathering or transmitting information, providing advice, entertainment, transportation, etc. to the recipient(s). Service events may or may not be done for payment. Those done for payment are instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4razaj8KWbQdeZi_UmYq89qg" class="cyc_term">ServiceProduct</a>.

ContractNegotiation contract negotiation A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjt_5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Negotiating</a>, Each instance of this collection is a negotiation which leads to the formation of a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvZvacpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Contract</a> -- either between the participants or between the parties they represent in the negotiations. See also the more specialized <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWbbnJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SalesContractNegotiation</a>.

The predicate <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQwej5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">rents</a> relates an agent to something that the agent is renting. (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQwej5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">rents</a> AGENT OBJ) means that the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViknpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SocialBeing</a> AGENT is renting the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a> OBJ from some other agent; that is, AGENT is paying the other agent for temporary use and enjoyment of OBJ. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjHmpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TemporaryUserRightsAgreement</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjgVpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TemporaryChangeOfUserRights</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjXvZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Renting</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rbUjx6DSZQdeSv-7u72HNMg" class="cyc_term">rentingOf</a>. rents Rents

An <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvrseL5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AgentiveRole</a> (q.v.) and specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvV37_5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">exchangers</a> that relates a given <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv_uG0JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MonetaryExchangeOfUserRights</a> event to the paying <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAB5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Agent_PartiallyTangible</a>(s) in that event. <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjQe5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">buyer</a> EXCHANGE BUYER)</code> means that <code>BUYER</code> purchases goods or services or access rights for sale in <code>EXCHANGE</code>. <code>BUYER</code> might make the purchase either directly or through an agent. Also see and compare <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1irJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">buyingPerformer</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViQV5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">buyingAgent</a>. buyer buyer

objectOfPossessionTransfer thing changing possession <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj0z5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">objectOfPossessionTransfer</a> relates an event (more specifically, an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvV50MZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ChangeInUserRights</a>) to an object (an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi255wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SomethingExisting</a>) the user rights to which are transferred during that event. <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj0z5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">objectOfPossessionTransfer</a> EVENT OBJECT)</code> means that in <code>EVENT</code>, all or some rights to use <code>OBJECT</code> are transferred from one agent (the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVmEgpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">fromPossessor</a>) to another (the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVipeZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">toPossessor</a>). Since <code>EVENT</code> is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvV50MZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ChangeInUserRights</a>, it could be (among other things) a buying, renting, lending, or repossessing.

bill payment request pit Bill-PaymentRequest-PIT A collection of abstract (informational) objects; a subset of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQtwFpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TextMicrotheory</a>. Each element of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQwe6JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Bill_PaymentRequest_PIT</a> is a formal request for payment (for products or services); the informational content of a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjXsZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Bill_PaymentRequest</a>. Typically, this information includes the name and address of the billing agent; the name, address, account number (if there is one) of the debtor; the amount owed and where/how/when to remit it.

selling This predicate relates a given legal agent (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVinsZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LegalAgent</a>) to a specific type of product s/he/it sells. (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVie4ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">sellsProductType</a> AGENT PRODTYPE) means that AGENT sells PRODTYPE. For example, McDonald's sells hamburgers. The implication is AGENT typically and often sells products of PRODTYPE. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvm4Li5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ProductProviderFn_Seller</a>. sellsProductType

totalCharge-Event The predicate <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rsbp5QHmNEdaAAAABAxv-7A" class="cyc_term">totalCharge_Event</a> is used to relate a buying event (that is, an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjL2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Buying</a>) to the total amount of money charged to the buyer in that event. (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj95ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">totalCharge</a> BUYING MONEY) means that the sum total charge for all goods, services, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi8wJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">salesTax</a> and other taxes, shipping and handling, delivery charges, discounts, etc., in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjL2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Buying</a> event BUYING is the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjU2JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MonetaryValue</a> MONEY. This predicate is not to be confused with the predicate <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj95ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">totalCharge</a> which relates _a bought thing_ (i.e. an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAxJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TemporalThing</a>) to the total amount paid for it. Total Charge Event

MoneyTransaction A specialization of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViHpJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommercialActivity</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkKMpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MoneyTransfer</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVids5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MoneyTransaction</a> is an event in which a transfer of money occurs, and the transfer is done in exchange for something else, according to some (implicit or explicit) agreement. Thus, buying something, investing, making a donation, executing a bequest, and exchanging currency are all examples of money transactions. monetary transaction

CommercialActivities-Financial-Topic A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rAmoSCGJbQdiSXZJvYiNhkQ" class="cyc_term">CycVocabularyTopic</a> and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rtGXkHpNaEdqAAAACs0uFOQ" class="cyc_term">KBDependentCollection</a>. commercial activities financial topic CommercialActivities-Financial-Topic A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rAmoSCGJbQdiSXZJvYiNhkQ" class="cyc_term">CycVocabularyTopic</a> and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rtGXkHpNaEdqAAAACs0uFOQ" class="cyc_term">KBDependentCollection</a>. commercial activities financial topic A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwIE23ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TimeDependentCollection</a> (q.v.). This is the collection of all and only those collections <code>COL</code> such that any thing's being an instance of <code>COL</code> depends on the current state of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjqoZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CycKB</a>. Such a <code>COL</code> corresponds to a property defined (at least partly) in terms of the contents, features, or implementation of the Cyc Knowledge Base itself, as opposed to a property that "exists out there" in the KB-independent world. For example, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvV281JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CycLAssertion</a> is a KB-dependent collection, membership in which requires of a given CycL sentence that it has in fact been asserted to the KB. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAoJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CycLSentence</a> is also KB-dependent, as being a CycL sentence requires being composed (ultimately) out of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvu6KTZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CycLReifiedDenotationalTerm</a>s (and perhaps variables) -- i.e. terms that are currently reified in the KB. Conversely, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv5ddsJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Sentence</a> is not a KB-dependent collection. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvip9N5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">KBDependentRelation</a>. KB dependent collection KBDependentCollection CommercialActivities-Financial-Topic A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rAmoSCGJbQdiSXZJvYiNhkQ" class="cyc_term">CycVocabularyTopic</a> and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rtGXkHpNaEdqAAAACs0uFOQ" class="cyc_term">KBDependentCollection</a>. commercial activities financial topic Financial-Topic A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rAmoSCGJbQdiSXZJvYiNhkQ" class="cyc_term">CycVocabularyTopic</a> and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rtGXkHpNaEdqAAAACs0uFOQ" class="cyc_term">KBDependentCollection</a>. financial-topic CycVocabularyTopic An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvprlOZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FacetingCollectionType</a> and a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rgQsP1F2xEdif1wACs2IMlQ" class="cyc_term">Topic</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rAmoSCGJbQdiSXZJvYiNhkQ" class="cyc_term">CycVocabularyTopic</a> is a collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViA9JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Thing</a>s falling under a topic for which some Cyc Vocabulary exists. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rgQsP1F2xEdif1wACs2IMlQ" class="cyc_term">Topic</a> is neither a strict [<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvcZ1FpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">facets_Strict</a>] nor a covering [<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv86JWpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">facets_Covering</a>] faceting of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViA9JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Thing</a>: many <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViA9JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Thing</a>s may be instances of no <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rgQsP1F2xEdif1wACs2IMlQ" class="cyc_term">Topic</a>, or of multiple <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rgQsP1F2xEdif1wACs2IMlQ" class="cyc_term">Topic</a>s. cyc vocabulary topic