Legal Dictionary

Tag: Finance Definition

  • Budget Deficit

    The amount by which government spending exceeds government revenues….

  • Car

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Car Meaning of Car Any vehicle primarily intended for transportation of persons or freight . See Hal! v federal Life Ins. Co., (Mo.App.)71 S. W.2d 762. Financial […]

  • Accrual Bond

    A bond on which interest accrues, but is not paid to the investor during the time of accrual. The amount of accrued interest is added to the remaining principal of the bond and is paid at maturity….

  • Accrual Bond

    A bond on which interest accrues, but is not paid to the investor during the time of accrual. The amount of accrued interest is added to the remaining principal of the bond and is paid at maturity….

  • Cash Budget

    An estimate of cash receipts and expenditures for a given period.

  • Capital Gain

    A term of art within the internal revenue code. As opposed to ordinary income, capital gain receives more favorable tax treatment. Only items representing capital interest may be treated as capital gain. Miller v C.I.R. (C.A.5)37I F.2d255.

  • Promissory Note

    An unconditional promise in writing made by one person to another signed by the maker , engaging to pay on demand , or at a fixed or determinable future time, a sum certain in money to order or to bearer . Distinct from a bill of exchange in that the maker of a promissory note…

  • Promissory Note

    An unconditional promise in writing made by one person to another signed by the maker , engaging to pay on demand , or at a fixed or determinable future time, a sum certain in money to order or to bearer . Distinct from a bill of exchange in that the maker of a promissory note…

  • American Option

    An option that may be exercised at any time up to and including the expiration date. Related: European option…

  • American Option

    An option that may be exercised at any time up to and including the expiration date. Related: European option…

  • Black Market

    Financial Definition of Black Market Meaning of Black Market An illegal market. Adoption Legal Definition of Black Market Adoption performed outside the law, often referred to as the illegal buying […]

  • Capital

    Hello Hello Legal Definition and Related Resources of Capital Meaning of Capital As an adjective, means chief , principal , or of pertaining to the death penalty , punishable with death. As a noun, in commercial parlance, means the fund or the […]

  • Accrued Interest

    The accumulated coupon interest earned but not yet paid to the seller of a bond by the buyer (unless the bond is in default)….

  • Affirmative Covenant

    A bond covenant that specifies certain actions the firm must take….