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COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATION (CMO)

A SECU RITIZATION structure that repackages pools of MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES, WHOLE LOANS, or mortgagebacked STRIPs into TRANCHES with specific RISK and return (YIELD) profiles. CMO structures are available in many different

COLUMNAR JOURNAL

Record book of accounting transactions. To facilitate the entry of numbers, the journal is divided into columns.

COMMERCIAL BLANKET BOND

Coverage for employees the employer must provide. Any loss is covered no matter how many were involved in the loss.

COMMITTED FUNDING

A financing facility provided by a BANK to a borrower, which cannot be withdrawn unless the borrower breaches COVENANTS or other terms of the facility; this means the bank must provide funds

COMMON DESIGN

The intent to commit a crime or to help another in committing a crime.

COMPANY CREED

A business’s mission statement that states its philosophy.

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE

When a company gets the upper hand because is of similar value and a lower price than its competition.

COMPLEMENTARY DEMAND

The product’s demand that is predicted by another similar product. AKA joint demand. Refer to complementary product.

COMPLETION TEST

Evaluation of a project that meets design, is performed as planned, and make profits as expected. It becomes nonrecorse financing at this point.

COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

Income that is adjusted due to fluctuations in the economy. If a firm experiences a forfeiture, their assets are adjusted.

COMPUTED VALUE

The computation by customs of the value of merchandise considering production cost, overhead, and packaging costs.

CONCEPT COMPANY

A firm that gets more business based on what is does not how much it does.

CONCLUSORY

An inference that has no proof but is stated none the less.

CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT

Conditions for the rights or the parties when the contract is signed. There is a general condition as well as special conditions that are more specific.

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