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CONSULAR DECLARATION

A document that describes the goods being shipped and their value according to the exporting country.

CONSUMER BANK

A bank that takes deposits and makes loans. Compare this term to a business bank, commercial bank, and investment bank.

CONSUMER LAW

Law that deal with retail transactions for the individual. Refer to consumer rights.

CONSUMER SURPLUS

The use a customer gets that they don’t have to pay for. Its the actual amount a customer values the good above its price.

CONTAGIOUS

A disease that is infectious. It can be by indirect or direct contact. Not all are contagious and require a special transmission method.

CONTENT ANALYSIS

1. Seeing how a firm can get more promotion from news or brand name mention. 2. Using the answers to open questions with numbers to see the different possible answers.

CONTINGENCY INSURANCE

1. insurance taken out to cover expenses not covered by a primary plan. 2. insurance for remote risks that the primary policy is slow to cover.

CONTINGENT CREDIT RISK

The RISK of loss arising from a potential CREDIT RISK exposure that may appear in the future, such as drawdown on a REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY or payment under a GUARANTEE or LETTER

CONTINGENT SURPLUS NOTE (CSN)

US insurance for a loss of cash should a sudden event cause a loss of business. A trust is started selling the note. When needed securities are converted into cash. It increases

CONTINUING OPERATIONS

The act of keeping day to day transactions going for the current year and the ones to come.

CONTRACT COST ANALYSIS

Examination and review of price data, provided by a builder to a main (client), for appraisal of its truth and rationality pertaining to potential economies and accomplishable degree of efficiency.

CONTRACT MODIFICATION

Scripted, one-sided (but included in the ambit of adjustment clause), or agreed together bilaterally, change. A deal alteration may bring in or call off specifications or conditions of a already existing deal,

CONTRACT PURCHASE

Kind of instrument sale in which, the seller keeps the instrument for a given period and after that, he buys it back, at an agreed upon price, from the original buyer.

CONTRIBUTED CAPITAL

An entry related to accounting, in the balance sheet of a company, which signifies the number of stocks of the company, bought by the shareholders of the company.

CONVERSION PRICE

The price at which an investor holding a CONVERTIBLE BOND exchanges the bond for shares of COMMON STOCK, computed as: where ParCB is the PAR VALUE of the convertible bond and Convratio

CORPORATE CONTROL MARKET

The broad marketplace for trans actions that are designed to change the ownership, structure, and/or control of a company. Common corporate control transactions include MERGERS, friendly or HOSTILE TAKEOVERS, LEVERAGED BUYOUTS, and

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