Purchase of shares without entitlement to current scrip issues. This entitlement remains with the.

The amount by which a company's assets outweigh its liabilities, expressed as a absolute.

A product such as an automobile or appliance whose life expectancy is at least three.

Preferred stock with dividend payment priority following a missed dividend payment. This amount.

The last day on which the seller can present documents to the advising or issuing bank.

These are special foreign currency denominated bank cheques which customers can buy at any branch and send to their clients to pay off debts.

Life assurance where payment of the sum assured depends on an event or events additional to the.

To purchase enough of the available supply of a commodity or stock in order to manipulate its.

Something of value given by one party to another in return for entering into a contract. To be.

See 'time.

An extensive property.

The buying or selling of underlying instruments such as commodities, securities and currencies etc.

When a company fails to pay a dividend, holders of cumulative preference shares are entitled to.

A computerised database of some 50,000 investment firms which have been authorised to conduct.

The amount chargeable to capital gains tax (CGT) from gains made on the disposal of an asset. In.

A with profits life assurance bonus, normally added annually to the policy, which is based on the.

The purchase of accepted term Bills of Exchange at a discount to allow for the funding of the advance from the discount date until the maturity date of the bills.

The amount of money which an individual has available to spend on inessential items after essential.

See 'baby.

People resident and domiciled in the UK are liable to income tax from their world-wide income.