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KNOCKED-DOWN

Not assembled or unassembled.

KANBAN

A Japanese word for "visible record." Manufacturing control system in which suppliers deliver needed parts to assembly line "just in time" for use.

KEELAGE

A duty charged that permits a ship to enter and anchor in a port or harbor.

KNOWLEDGE

Awareness that a circumstance exists or is substantially certain to occur, or an awareness of a high probability of its existence or future occurrence. Such awareness is inferred from evidence of the conscious disregard of facts known to a person and is also inferred from a person’s willful avoidance of facts.