Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
- heirloom
- something that has been in a family for generations
- analytical review
- an auditing procedure based on ratios among accounts and tries to identify significant changes
- nonpayment
- act of failing to meet a financial obligation
- capital loss
- the amount by which the purchase price of an asset exceeds the selling price; the loss is realized when the asset is sold
- preferred shares
- stock whose holders are guaranteed priority in the payment of dividends but whose holders have no voting rights
- cost overrun
- excess of cost over budget
- hereditament
- any property (real or personal or mixed) that can be inherited
- dollar
- a United States coin worth one dollar
- checkbook
- a book issued to holders of checking accounts
- accounts payable
- a debtor's accounts of money he owes; normally arise from the purchase of products or services
- rebate
- a refund of some fraction of the amount paid
- nominal damages
- (law) a trivial sum (usually $1.00) awarded as recognition that a legal injury was sustained (as for technical violations of a contract)
- losings
- something lost (especially money lost at gambling)
- clobber
- informal terms for personal possessions
- corporate bond
- a bond issued by a corporation; carries no claim to ownership and pays no dividends but payments to bondholders have priority over payments to stockholders
- progressive tax
- any tax in which the rate increases as the amount subject to taxation increases
- fifty
- a United States bill worth 50 dollars
- rente
- income from capital investment paid in a series of regular payments
- reinsurance
- sharing the risk by insurance companies; part or all of the insurer's risk is assumed by other companies in return for part of the premium paid by the insured
- hole card
- any assets that are concealed until they can be used advantageously
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