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(law) The right of an accountant to retain a client's papers until the accountant's fees have been paid.
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A fixed-interest bond that is issued at its face value and repaid at the end of the maturity period together with the accrued interest.
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The kind of investment made by an angel investor.
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(business) The practice of selling off a company's assets in order to improve returns for equity investors.
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(finance) Having assets as collateral.
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(finance, law) A financial guarantee by a third party to assume the burden of a debt, especially a bill of exchange in the event of default.
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(US) any bond, issued with a value less than $1,000, intended for small investors
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(finance) Synonym of balloon payment
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A sum equal to the interest at a given rate on the principal (face) of a bill or note from the time of discounting until it becomes due.
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The monetary assets of a person or organization.
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(finance) An effort to sell securities without a firm underwriting.
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(law) A reduction from the face amount of a bond that occurs where bonds are sold on the market for cash at a price less than the face amount. Since bonds mature years after issue, they are discounted to reflect present value.
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(law) The offering of bonds for sale to investors.
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A financial market where participants buy and sell debt securities, usually in the form of bonds.
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(finance) The amount that the purchaser pays in buying a bond that exceeds the face value or call value of the bond.
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the condition of goods in a bonded warehouse until duty is paid
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A bond or similar security for which no certificate is issued, but ownership is recorded on computer.
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A date on which a callable bond may be redeemed before its maturity
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(banking, finance) Money that is loaned by a financial institution and is recallable on demand.
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(banking, finance) The rate at which short term funds are borrowed and lent in the money market.
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(finance) The amount that must be paid by the issuer to a bondholder to call the bond before its maturity.
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(finance) A callable bond.
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(finance) A bond that can be called (redeemed) by the issuer prior to its maturity, on certain call dates, at call prices. On the call dates, the issuer has the right, but not the obligation, to buy back the bonds from the bond holders at the call price. Technically speaking, the bonds are not really bought and held by the issuer, but cancelled immediately or no longer accrue interest at the original coupon rate.
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A financial bond on which the investment return on an initial principal amount is reinvested at a set compounded rate until maturity.
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(law, accounting, US) The total amount of common and preferred stock (shares) that a company can issue.
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The total value of all outstanding shares for a publicly-traded company
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(finance) A financial instrument that is marketable at close to par under almost all circumstances.
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Money deposited by way of security or guarantee.
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A South American promissory note or mortgage bond on lands.
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(law) A document that demonstrates both a monetary obligation and a security interest either in certain goods, or in a lease on certain goods
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(finance) The price of a bond excluding any interest accrued since the bond's issuance and the most recent coupon payment.
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A green bond; a bond with positive environmental and/or climate benefits.
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(finance) Relating to a collateral in the sense of an obligation or security.
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(finance) a type of asset-backed security and structured credit product constructed from a portfolio of fixed-income assets.
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(finance) a form of securitization where payments from multiple middle-sized and large business loans are pooled together and passed on to different classes of owners in various tranches
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Someone's ability or willingness to pay; money paid and not merely promised.
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(finance) A negotiable instrument with short maturity.
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(finance) Shares of an ownership interest in the equity of a corporation or other entity with limited liability entitled to dividends, with financial rights junior to preferred stock and liabilities.
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(banking, finance) Interest, as on a loan or a bank account, that is calculated on the total on the principal plus accumulated unpaid interest.
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(historical, finance) A perpetual bond issued by the United Kingdom, from the 18th century.
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The ownership by an individual or entity of more than half a company's shares, giving them a voting majority and thus the ability to control decision-making at the company.
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(finance) A conventional gilt-edged security, a kind of bond paying the holder a fixed cash payment (or coupon) every six months until maturity, at which point the holder receives the final payment and the return of the principal.
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(finance) A bond issued by a corporation.
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(business, finance) The interest rate paid for borrowed funds or the interest itself.
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(finance) Any interest payment made or due on a bond, debenture or similar (no longer by a physical coupon).
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A nominal unit of value assigned outside of a currency system.
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extra interest charged to borrowers with a bad credit rating
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Alternative form of crossholding [A situation in which a publicly-traded corporation owns stock in another publicly-traded company.]
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Alternative form of crossholding [A situation in which a publicly-traded corporation owns stock in another publicly-traded company.]
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A situation in which a publicly-traded corporation owns stock in another publicly-traded company.
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(finance) Of a declared dividend, belonging to the buyer rather than the seller.
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(finance) A convention on how interest accrues over time for a variety of investments, including bonds, notes, loans, medium-term notes, swaps, and FRAs. It determines the number of days between two coupon payments.
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(finance) A deferred bond.
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(finance) A note that normally has no date for repayment, but is due on demand of the lender. Usually the lender will only give the borrower a few days notice before the payment is due.
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(finance) A sum of money or other asset given as an initial payment, to show good faith, or to reserve something for purchase.
adj
(economics) Related to the dilution of stocks and shares
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(finance) A bond issued outside of China but denominated in Chinese renminbi, rather than the local currency.
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(finance) The interest rate used to discount future cashflows of a financial instrument; the annual interest rate used to decrease the amounts of future cashflows to yield their present value.
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(finance) A company-run program, in which for an enrolled shareholder, the program takes the company's stock dividend payout to the investor, to buy more shares in the company's stock.
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(finance) A measure of the sensitivity of the price of a financial asset to changes in interest rates, computed for a simple bond as a weighted average of the maturities of the interest and principal payments associated with it.
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(finance) A share of common stock.
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(finance) Proposed government bonds to be issued in Euros jointly by the Eurozone states.
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A business organization that lends money on accounts receivable or buys and collects accounts receivable.
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(finance, informal) The Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), a stockholder-owned corporation sponsored by the US government, established in 1938 and partially privatized in 1968.
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The provision of a loan, payment instalment terms, or similar arrangement, to enable a customer to purchase an item without paying the full amount straight away.
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(finance) An entity that provides financing
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(business, finance) Shares in financial companies.
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A company that does the same.
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(historical) Five-twenty bonds of the United States (bearing six per cent interest), issued in 1862, '64, and '65, redeemable after five and payable in twenty years.
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(finance) Any type of investment under which the borrower/issuer is obliged to make payments of a fixed amount on a fixed schedule.
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(UK) a rate (typically of money) that does not vary over time
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(finance) Also known as wholesale lending, a form of retail goods inventory financing in which each loan advance is made against a specific piece of collateral.
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(US, finance, historical) A Treasury bond that could be purchased at less than face value, but upon the holder's death could be redeemed for full face value for the purpose of paying federal estate taxes.
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(business) Money paid for goods or services in advance, sometimes through an intermediary.
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(finance, investing) An employee or department that is responsible for implementing a fund's investing strategy and managing its portfolio trading activities.
adj
(finance) Invested in public funds; existing in the form of bonds.
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(US) Government National Mortgage Association
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(finance, government) A bond issued by a national government, generally with a promise to pay periodic interest payments and to repay the face value on the maturity date.
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A fixed-income financial instrument used for supporting programs that have positive environmental and/or climate benefits.
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(Britain, finance) A type of investment that returns a fixed portion of the principal plus the result of equity trading with the balance.
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(business) a company whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies, as opposed to producing goods or offering services
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(finance) A stock which is held by a subsidiary of the issuing company.
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A certificate, or intended certificate, issued by the government of the United States at the close of the Revolution, for the principal or interest of the public debt.
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(finance) A bond or stock issued by such a company.
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(business, finance) The first offering to members of the public of stock in a company, normally followed by a listing of that stock on a stock exchange.
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(finance) an option on a forward rate agreement.
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Owning a share of a company.
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The business entity in which an investment is made.
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(business, finance, law, US) A company with transferable ownership interests and unlimited shareholder liability.
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(finance) A bond (an instrument of debt) which is considered below "investment grade" due to a significant risk of default by the issuer. The interest rate is higher in order to compensate holders for that risk.
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(uncountable) An investment strategy where the investment is spread over multiple bonds or term deposits with rolling maturity dates.
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(banking, finance) The amount of interest that is allowed or required to be charged by law; an interest rate determined by law.
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One who lends, especially money; specifically, a bank or other entity that specializes in granting loans.
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(finance) The use of borrowed funds with a contractually determined return to increase the ability to invest and earn an expected higher return, but usually at high risk.
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(UK, business, finance) A company that funds its operations by taking out loans.
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(US, historical, finance) A war bond sold in the United States to support the Allied cause in World War I.
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(finance, informal) A linked bond, one for which the principal is indexed to inflation.
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A company whose shares are traded in a stock exchange.
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(economics) A theory of the market interest rate, where the interest rate is determined by the demand for and supply of all forms of credit (including loans, bonds, and savings deposits).
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(finance) An interest rate charged by a central bank for very short-term loans to other banks against an approved collateral.
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A person or group that controls or owns more than half interest of an organization's outstanding shares.
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(finance) The date on which a principal amount of a note, draft, acceptance bond, or other debt instrument becomes due or payable.
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Business transactions in which the ownership of companies are transferred to or consolidated with another company or business organization.
adj
(banking, business) Characteristic of or relating to high-interest loans which have no collateral, and are regarded as intermediate in nature, ranking above equity but below secured loans.
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(finance) Debt related to mezzanine financing.
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(finance) A form of corporate financing based on debt which is senior to common stock shares but subordinate to other equity.
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A bank that offers microfinance.
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(uncountable, banking) The practice of making very small loans, especially to poor people to promote self-employment; microlending.
n
(finance, chiefly East Asia) A credit-linked note.
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(finance) A directive to pay a prespecified amount of money from prepaid funds, making it a more trusted method of payment than a check.
n
(finance, Britain) A person who produces the loan of money to others.
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(Britain) Any former mutual building society that is now a bank
n
(finance) A municipal bond.
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(finance) A financial instrument issued by a municipality.
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(finance, informal) municipal bonds
n
(finance) The lending of money to profitable private companies that intend on going public in the near future.
n
(finance) A share of common stock.
adj
Having already contributed capital, especially of an investor purchasing shares in a corporation.
n
(finance) The yield for which the price of a bond is equal to its nominal value (par value).
n
(finance) A schedule defining the dates and amounts of payments to be made for a financial instrument such as a bond and a derivative.
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(finance) A bond with no maturity date, paying coupons forever.
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(banking) The amount paid per month in Principal, Interest, Taxes and Insurance for a given property. Used in determining the debt/income ratio.
n
(business) A collection of assets; (figuratively) any collection of things considered as investments or assets.
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(law) The right of shareholders to maintain a constant percentage of a company's shares by receiving a proportionate fraction of any new shares issued, thus preempting any dilution
n
(finance) Preferred stock.
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(finance) Stock with a dividend, usually fixed, that is paid out of profits before any dividend can be paid on common stock and that has priority to common stock in liquidation.
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(UK, finance) A method of financial investment available to British citizens where, instead of interest payments, investors have the chance to win tax-free prizes, or get their money back.
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(finance, uncountable) The money originally invested or loaned, on which basis interest and returns are calculated.
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An investment fund that specializes in buying companies in order to restructure and then sell them with a profit.
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A document to which such a seal is attached; specifically, a warrant demanding a loan.
n
(economics) Synonym of capital share
n
(finance) Money lent to government for which interest is paid of a stated amount at a stated time.
adj
(law) Of a corporation or other business entity: owned by shareholders who may buy or sell their shares to anyone through a stock exchange.
adj
Alternative spelling of publicly held [(law) Of a corporation or other business entity: owned by shareholders who may buy or sell their shares to anyone through a stock exchange.]
n
(business, finance) Money held ready for payment, or actually paid, at the time of a transaction.
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(law) A bond that is recorded on the books of the issuer by the trustee, with interest paid by mail to the holder of record.
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(finance) A dividend on common stock that is intended to be paid periodically in equal amounts over the course of a year, typically quarterly, after being declared by the issuer of the stock.
n
In France, interest payable by government on indebtedness; the bonds, shares, stocks, etc. that represent government indebtedness.
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(finance) A type of loan that is secured against a property and allows the owner to borrow and repay money at leisure. Periodic payments of at least accumulated interest are required, but the loan is fully open: it may be paid out in whole or in part at any time and, if there is still money available under the loan ceiling, the borrower may take more money for his or her use.
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(finance) Synonym of rights issue
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(banking, finance) A borrower (such as a mortgage-holder or person with a credit card).
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(law) Abbreviation of shareholder. [One who owns shares of stock in a corporation.]
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(taxation, UK) The situation where certain shares are pooled and treated as a single asset for tax purposes.
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(finance) Money used to set up a new business venture.
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(finance) A bond that takes priority for receipt of principal and interest over other debt securities sold by the issuer in the event the issuer goes bankrupt.
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(law) Bonds issued in a series by a public entity that are payable at different times.
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(finance) A financial instrument that shows that one owns a part of a company that provides the benefit of limited liability.
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The part of a company's capital that is financed by shareholders through the issue of shares.
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(finance) The loss in value of the shares of a company or a lowering of someone’s stake in it resulting from the issuance of new shares.
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One who owns shares of stock in a corporation.
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(business) An agreement between the shareholders of a company that supplements the constitutional documents and typically covers such issues as dividend policy, rights of shareholders when one or more of them want to sell their shares, representation in the board etc.
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(law) A meeting of all shareholders of a company, usually held at least annually to approve the accounts and elect the members of the board.
v
(business) To become a listed company via a merger with a special-purpose acquisition company.
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A share or interest in a business or a given situation.
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The accumulation of shares in a company
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The act of holding a stake (in a business or similar operation), of being a stakeholder.
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(finance) an incorporated company the capital of which is represented by marketable shares having a certain equal par value
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(finance, US) An event wherein a company that has previously issued shares of stock increases the number of shares while reducing the value of each share accordingly.
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(finance) One who owns stock.
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(finance) An ownership interest in one or more companies' stock.
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(finance, chiefly attributive) A line of credit offered to a business so that it can repay other loans.
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(finance, historical) A document that could be detached and presented in exchange for a block of further coupons on a bond, when the original block had been used up.
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(finance) The situation where a borrowing government authority issues bonds over a period of time, usually at a fixed price, with volumes sold on a particular day dependent on market conditions.
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(accounting, taxation, US) A grouping of security holdings in an account used for enabling the calculation and treatment of the securities for tax compliance and reporting.
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(finance) The difference in yields between inter-bank and U.S. Government loans.
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(finance) Time to maturity of a bond.
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(finance, historical) Bonds or other securities paying 3% interest, especially a portion of the consolidated debt of Great Britain.
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(finance) A promissory note that specifies a date (or dates) when repayment must be made.
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(finance) A tracker mortgage.
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(UK, finance) A variable-rate mortgage where the amount of interest paid on the loan is linked to the Bank of England's base rate by a fixed differential.
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(finance) A specialized equity offering issued by a company that is based on the operations of a wholly-owned subsidiary of a diversified firm.
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(accounting) the date on which a security trade occurs.
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(finance) One of a set of classes or risk maturities that compose a multiple-class security, such as a CMO or REMIC; a class of bonds. Collateralized mortgage obligations are structured with several tranches of bonds that have various maturities.
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A bond (security) issued by such a department, in particular the United States Department of the Treasury.
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(finance) A government obligation, sold at a discount, maturing in one year or less, and pays no interest prior to maturity.
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(finance) Issued stock of an incorporated company held by the company itself.
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One who uses or makes use of something, a consumer/client or an express or implied licensee (free user) or a trespasser.
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(finance) An investment paradigm that focuses on buying securities at a price lower than their intrinsic value.
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(finance) The date on which stock award restrictions lapse and the stock becomes available for transfer to buyer. Also the date on which stock options become available for exercise.
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(law) The entitlement of an employee to exercise a stock option after a predetermined period of time.
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A type of savings bond used by nations to help fund war efforts.
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(finance) The relation between the interest rate (or cost of borrowing) and the time to maturity of the debt for a given borrower in a given currency.
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(law) A calculation of yield on a bond that takes into account the capital gain or loss on a discount bond or capital loss on a premium bond. In the case of a discount bond, the yield-to-maturity, YTM, is higher than the current yield, or the coupon yield. The reverse is true for a premium bond with YTM lower than both current yield and coupon yield.
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Initialism of zero-coupon note. [(finance) A promissory note that pays at maturity the value of the note with no separate interest payments, the effective interest arising from the discounted purchase price.]
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(finance) A security which has a zero coupon (paying no periodic interest).
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(finance) A bond (e.g., corporate debenture or government debt) that has no coupon (i.e., pays no interest), during the life of the issue. Such a bond is initially sold at a discount to its face value. The rate of return to the holder is derived from the gradual appreciation as the security moves toward maturity.
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(finance) A promissory note that pays at maturity the value of the note with no separate interest payments, the effective interest arising from the discounted purchase price.
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