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Category: Finance

UNREALIZED PROFIT/LOSS

Paper profit or loss not becoming actual until the asset is sold, disposed of or redeemed. Also known as unrealized gain/loss.

UNSTRUCTURED INTERVIEW

An interview without any set format or formula for questions asked. Also known as a non-directive interview.

UPSIDE

Potential of gain from ideal, transaction or situation. Opposite of downside.

URBANIZATION

Increase of population in cities versus the rural areas.

UTILITARIANISM

Ethical philosophy where happiness of most people is thought to be the greater good.

VALUATION METHOD

use by an adjuster to determine loss occurrence and putting a monetary value to a claim.

VALUE OF INFORMATION

Maximum price to pay for knowing an uncertainty’s value before a course of action is decided.

VALVE

Electromechanical or mechanical device that controls the flow of liquid, gas, slurry, dry loose material. 3 maintypes.1. Isolation, 2. Switching, 3, Control.

VAULT

A safe and secure area in financial institutions for storing money and valuables.

VICIOUS CIRCLE

Disadvantageous situation that is self propagating and leads from one thing to another and back again. See virtuoso circle.

VIRUS

1. A parasitic and infectious microorganism smaller than a bacterium. Incapable of independent metabolic activity. Needs to invade a living organism to derive energy to survive. 2. See computer virus.

VITIATING FACTOR

Provision, clause or term impairing a contract or making it void or voidable.

VOLT (V)

Metric unit of electrical potential. Equal to the steady flow of one amp current against one ohm of resistance

VOYAGE POLICY

Marine policy of insurance covering one trip and only the cargo on the trip.

WALL TO WALL

Covering a room’s floor or stretching across the room.

WASH SALE RULE

Referring to an IRS regulation governing how capital loss from investments is recognized. Also called wash rule.

WAYBILL

Shipping document travelling with shipment showing consigner and consignee, origin, destination, goods involved, weight and freight.

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