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Category: Finance

SWING LOAN

A loan of a short term allowing the home owner to purchase a new home before he has sold the first home. Also known as a bridging loan or gap loan.

SYMMETRIC KEY CRYPTOGRAPHY (SKC)

Coding scheme for secure data transmissions using one digital key to encode and decode the message. Also known as symmetric key encryption.

SYNTHETIC

A product not naturally produced but fabricated through synthesis.

TABULAR

A term referring to anything that is derived from or having to do with tables.

TAKEOUT COMMITMENT

Written promise where the lender provides long term financing to replace a short term loan or bridge finance. Also known as Takeout agreement opt Takeout loan.

TANGIBLE NET WORTH

A firm’s equity capital calculated by deducting liabilities, prepaid expenses, goodwill and start up and deferred costs from a net total of assets.

TARGET INCOME

Amount of revenue that a company wants to generate in the current accounting period.

TARIFF ANOMALY

Situation where import duties on raw materials, components or partly completed goods are greater than on the finished goods. See tariff escalation.

SPENDTHRIFT CLAUSE

Clause stopping the beneficiary’s creditor’s ability to collect benefits before they are received by the beneficiary.

SPLIT-OFF

When part of a firm is sold off, stock converts to shares in the new company.

SPREADSHEET

1. Accounting. Worksheet set out in columns and rows.2. Computing. Software allowing data to be entered in columns and rows to ease mathematical use of formulas and to present and graphs and

STALE CHECK

One presented a long time, 6 months or more after the date of issue. Also known as a stale dated check.

STANDBY

1. Held as a reserve, substitute or spare to use when needed. 2. Passenger ticket with no reservation but takes the next available seat.

STATE

1. Law. With a capital ‘S’. The prosecuting body of persons accused of wrong doing in that state. 2. Politics. With a lower case’s’. The area geographically within defined territorial boundaries with

STATUS REPORT

A report that summarizes a situation over a set period of time.

STAY ORDER

A court order suspending a judicial proceeding either in full or in part.

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