Ala. Code § 45-58-244.50: Definitions.

The following words, terms, and phrases, when used in this subpart, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

(1) BUSINESS. All activities engaged in, or caused to be engaged in, by any person with the object of gain, profit, benefit, or advantage, either direct or indirect to the person.

(2) COUNTY. Shelby County, Alabama.

(3) EXEMPT ORGANIZATION. Any organization exempt from taxation under 26 U.S.C. Section 501, as in effect from time to time.

(4) GROSS PROCEEDS. The value proceeding or accruing from the leasing or rental of tangible personal property, without any deduction on account of the cost of the property so leased or rented, the cost of materials used, labor or service cost, interest paid, or any other expenses whatsoever, and without any deduction on account of loss and shall also include on the part of any person claiming exemption under subdivision (4) of Section 45–58–244.52 an amount equal to the amount of rental paid on any tangible personal property acquired under the exception and thereafter diverted to the use of the person.

(5) LEASING or RENTAL. A transaction whereunder the person who owns or controls the possession of tangible personal property permits another person to have the possession or use thereof for a consideration and for the duration of a definite or indefinite period of time without transfer of the title to the property. The detention by the user thereof of freight cars, oxygen, and acetylene tanks and similar property, in respect of which detention a demurrage or per diem charge is made against the user of the property, shall not be deemed to constitute a transaction whereunder property is leased or rented to another within the meaning of this subpart.

(6) LICENSE COMMISSIONER. The License Commissioner of Shelby County, Alabama.

(7) MEDICAL EQUIPMENT. Equipment used primarily for and essential to medical care for or to aid in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, or treatment of disease or injury affecting any structure or function of the body. The term shall include, but not be limited to, hospital beds, wheelchairs, walkers, orthopedic appliances, and convalescent aids.

(8) PERSON. Any natural person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, receiver, trust, estate, or other entity, or any other group or combination of any thereof acting as a unit.

(9) TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY. Personal property which may be seen, weighed, measured, felt, or touched, or is in any other manner perceptible to the senses. The term tangible personal property shall not include stocks, bonds, notes, insurance, or other contracts or securities.