Definition An underwriting agreement in which the investment bank commits to making a best effort to sell Initial Public Offering (IPO) shares. Best effort agreements typically contain a provision tha [..]

 A phrase taken from Federal Election Commission regulations used by candidates’ campaign committees to excuse their failure to provide the FEC with complete disclosure information concerning their contributors. For example, when only the name and address but not the employer or occupation of a contributor is given on a campaign finance form, the w [..]

Best effort refers to an undefined QoS class that does not guarantee any particular level of speed, throughput, delay, or reliability.