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The amount payable by a life insurance company to the beneficiaries on the death of the insured (the.

Tax payable on a deceased person's.

A life insurance policy which often attaches to a company pension scheme. The member is typically.

A type of long term bond (loan), taken out by a company, which it agrees to repay at a specified.

An outflow of funds from an account with a bank or financial institution. For example: When a.

A plastic payment card, issued by a bank or other financial institution, which enables the holder to.

A note, issued to a person or company indicating an amount.

A spread strategy that decreases the account's cash balance when it is established. A bull spread.

Money owed by an individual or company to another individual or.

A promise in writing to repay a debt. For example a bond, bill or.

(DMO) An Executive Agency of the Treasury, which has responsibility for issuing gilts to fund the.

The raising of new money by a company in order to pay off existing debt. more

A security such as a bond or note with specified interest, representing a loan which is repayable at.

Net borrowings of a company divided by shareholders' funds. The ratio shows the amount of.

A person or company owing money to another person or company. A company is therefore owed money by.

A ratio used to work out how many days on average it takes a company to get paid for what it.

This is an insurance policy purchased by a seller to provide protection against non-payment by a buyer due to insolvency or political/economic turmoil in the buyers country.

All orders in a floor broker's possession that have not yet been.

The date on which a dividend is declared by a company's directors. Once declared the dividend.

Life insurance in which the death benefit decreases over the term of the policy although the.