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1992

1992  

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Overview Page
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Social sciences, Economics
The programme of the European Community (EC) aimed at unifying its internal market by 1992. The target was the elimination of all barriers to the movement of goods, people, and capital within the EC. ...
1992

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A Dictionary of Economics (5 ed.)

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2017
Subject:
Social sciences, Economics
Length:
67 words
The programme of the European Community (EC) aimed at unifying its *internal market by 1992. The target was the elimination of all barriers to the movement of goods, people, and capital ... More
A & M trust

A & M trust  

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Overview Page
Subject:
Social sciences, Economics
Abbreviation for accumulation and maintenance trust. See discretionary trust; *18–25 trust.
A. P. Usher

A. P. Usher  

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Social sciences, Economics
(1883–1965), American economic historian.The Harvard scholar Abbott Payson Usher will be remembered chiefly for three major monographs: The History of the Grain Trade in France, 1400–1740 (Cambridge, ...
A-share

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A Dictionary of Economics (5 ed.)

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2017
Subject:
Social sciences, Economics
Length:
69 words
An *ordinary share in a company which, while it receives the same dividends as other ordinary shares, does not give its holder any voting rights. A-shares are issued to enable the group ... More
A/B structure

A/B structure   Reference library

The Handbook of International Financial Terms

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2005
Subject:
Social sciences, Business and Management, Economics
Length:
76 words

Description of a two-tranche transaction: the A tranche is usually in the form of senior debt, while the B tranche

A1

A1   Reference library

The Handbook of International Financial Terms

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2005
Subject:
Social sciences, Business and Management, Economics
Length:
119 words

1 Used to indicate the best kind of insurance risk at Lloyds of London, hence A1 at Lloyds. For

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A Dictionary of Finance and Banking (6 ed.)

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2018
Subject:
Social sciences, Business and Management, Economics
Length:
102 words
A description of property or a person that is in the best condition. In marine insurance, before a vessel can be insured, it has to be inspected to check its condition. If it is ... More
A1

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A Dictionary of Finance and Banking (5 ed.)

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2014
Subject:
Social sciences, Business and Management, Economics
Length:
100 words

A description of property or a person that is in the best condition. In marine insurance, before a vessel can

A1

A1  

Reference type:
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Subject:
Social sciences, Economics
A description of property or a person that is in the best condition. In marine insurance, before a vessel can be insured, it has to be inspected to check its condition. If it is “maintained in good ...
AAA

AAA   Reference library

The Handbook of International Financial Terms

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2005
Subject:
Social sciences, Business and Management, Economics
Length:
19 words

Shorthand term (taken from the credit rating system) used informally to indicate top credit worthiness.

AAA

AAA  

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Subject:
Social sciences, Economics
Shorthand term (taken from the credit rating system) used informally to indicate top credit worthiness.
AADFI

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A Dictionary of Finance and Banking (6 ed.)

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2018
Subject:
Social sciences, Business and Management, Economics
Length:
10 words

Abbreviation for *Association of African Development Finance Institutions.

AADFI

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A Dictionary of Finance and Banking (5 ed.)

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2014
Subject:
Social sciences, Business and Management, Economics
Length:
9 words

Abbreviation for *Association of African Development Finance Institutions.

aajir

aajir (Islam)   Reference library

The Handbook of International Financial Terms

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2005
Subject:
Social sciences, Business and Management, Economics
Length:
18 words

The lessor in a risk-sharing transaction, a practice permitted under Islamic law (the shira). See ijara.

aajir

aajir  

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Subject:
Social sciences, Economics
(Islam).The lessor in a risk-sharing transaction, a practice permitted under Islamic law (the shira). See ijara.
Aaron Director

Aaron Director  

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Subject:
Social sciences, Economics
(1901–2004)Aaron Director was born in 1901 in Charterisk, in what is now Ukraine, late in 1901. He died at his home in Los Altos, California on 11 September 2004 ...
A/B structure

A/B structure  

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Subject:
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Description of a two-tranche transaction: the A tranche is usually in the form of senior debt, while the B tranche is subordinated. It is commonly used as a method of ...
ABA

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A Dictionary of Finance and Banking (6 ed.)

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2018
Subject:
Social sciences, Business and Management, Economics
Length:
7 words

Abbreviation for *American Bankers Association.

abandon

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The Handbook of International Financial Terms

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2005
Subject:
Social sciences, Business and Management, Economics
Length:
13 words

Leaving an option to expire unexercised (cf. cabinet trade; exercise).

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