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# A straight-line estimation method where the estimated result lies beyond the range spanned by two or more known data points.
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# More generally, any estimation method where the estimated result lies beyond the range spanned by two or more known data points.  (Not necessarily using straight-line methods of estimation.)


Extrapolation is generally a less reliable estimation method than Interpolation.
''UK Law and pensions''.
 
A legal concept whereby property is held by one or more persons for the benefit of others for the purposes specified in the trust deed. 
 
In a pensions context, the beneficiaries of the trust are the members of the pension scheme.
 
 
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''US.''
 
A large organisation that has control - or attempts to gain control - of a market by the use of monopoly or other anti-competitive trade practices.


Extrapolation can be particularly unreliable when historical trends - for example historic growth rates - are projected into future periods for planning purposes.


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Approximation]]
* [[Antitrust law]]
* [[Interpolation]]
* [[Beneficiary]]
* [[Deed]]
* [[Monopoly]]
* [[Settlement]]
* [[Settlor]]
* [[Trust deed]]

Revision as of 11:47, 14 August 2013

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UK Law and pensions.

A legal concept whereby property is held by one or more persons for the benefit of others for the purposes specified in the trust deed.

In a pensions context, the beneficiaries of the trust are the members of the pension scheme.


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US.

A large organisation that has control - or attempts to gain control - of a market by the use of monopoly or other anti-competitive trade practices.


See also