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Term Definition
Pretreatment. Chemical alteration of the surface to make it suitable for painting.  
Prevailing Wage Law. A law that establishes minimum wages for job classifications in the construction trades.  
Prevalent Level Samples. Air samples taken under normal conditions; also called Ambient Background Samples.  
Preventive Maintenance Painting. Periodic touch-up painting or application of full coats of paint before deterioration starts.  
Price. The amount of money that must be paid for something.  
Primary Branch. This is a single branch that slopes from the base of a soil or waste stack and joins the main building drain or another branch of the main building drain.  
Primary Color. One of the colors from which all other colors may be produced by mixing; in pigments, red, yellow, and blue.  
Primary Control. Device which directly controls operation of heating system.  
Prime Coat. 1.The first coating of any material placed on a surface to seal and to provide a proper base for additional finish coats. 2. The first coat of paint.  
Prime Contractor. A general contractor who contracts with a property owner and, in turn, employs a subcontractor or subcontractors to perform some or all of the work.  
Prime In the Spots. Apply a priming coat to those spots that have been scraped, wire brushed, shellacked, have had the old paint burned off ,or consist of newly patched plaster.  
Prime Professional. Any professional having a contract directly with the owner.  
Prime Rate. The rate of interest paid by the most credit-worthy customers of a bank.  
Primed Door. A door which has received its first coat of paint prior to installation.  
Primed Siding. Exterior siding material that has received its first coat of paint.  
Primer Paint. A specially mixed paint that is applied first to a surface to seal and provide a base for additional finish coats.  
Primer. 1. A tinted base coat of paint to seal the surface and equalize suction differences. 2. A liquid composed of bituminous solvent that is applied to a surface to improve the adhesion of heavier subsequent applications of bitumen.  
Principal. 1. Under a surety bond, the contractor is the principal. 2. The amount of a loan or the loan balance at any particular time. 3. In a debt repayment, the principal portion goes to rcing the debt as opposed to the interest portion.  
Principle. 1. A fundamental truth or law as the basis of reasoning or action. 2. A general law in physics, chemistry, or engineering. 3. A law of nature forming the basis for the construction or working of a machine or mechanical device.  
Print Dyeing. screen printing a pattern on carpet by successive applications of premetalized dyes, which are driven into the pile construction by an electromagnetic charge.  
Print Free. Paint sufficiently dry so that no imprint is left when something is pressed against it.  
Prism Testing of Masonry. Compression testing of a sample section of wall approximately 16 inches high and 16 inches long of the thickness and type of construction similar to the wall under construction.  
Prism. 1. A solid geometric figure whose two ends are similar, equal, and parallel rectilinear figures, and whose sides are parallelograms. 2. A transparent body in this form, usually triangular, with refracting surfaces at an acute angle with each other, which separates white light into a spectrum of colors.  
Privacy Lock. A lockset, without a key, that can be locked from the room side only; used mainly on bedroom and bathroom doors; also called a Bathroom Lock.  
Private Mortgage Insurance. Life insurance carried by a home buyer to pay off the mortgage in the event of buyers death; the insured amount declines as the loan is paid off; this type of insurance is usually required by the lender when the loan to value ratio exceeds 90%.  
Private Sewer. A sewer privately owned.  
Privity. Persons who have contractual relationships with each other are in privity.  
Pro Forma Balance Sheet. A statement representing a future financial position of a business showing anticipated assets, liabilities and net worth.  
Pro Forma. As a matter of form; provided in advance to prescribe form.  
Pro Rata. Proportionate or pro-rated.  

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