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UNDERWRITING FEE

Fee charged by mortgage lender’s to verify loan application information and to make the final decision on loan approval.

UNCLEARED CHECK

Cheque still passing through a clearing cycle. See nucleated effects.

ULTIMATE LOAD

Load of the absolute maximum a structure can bear without it failing.

UNCLEARED EFFECTS

Drafts and cheques deposited by a customer but have not been cleared or paid by the writer of the cheque, or money is not in depositor’s account yet. Also known as uncollected

UNDERLOADING

Situation where a plant or machine runs at less than its full capacity in order to accommodate production rate or time for processing.

UNDERWRITING SYNDICATE

Underwriter’s group existing temporarily and banks formed for marketing new bonds or shares that is too big for one body to handle it. Also known as underwriting group.

UNALLOWABLE COST

Overhead or an indirect cost that can’t be included in calculating cost of a government project.

UNCOLLECTIBLE

A thing unable to be collected after all efforts have been made.

ULTIMATE NET LOSS

the sum that the insurer or its representatives are legally required to pay through legal ruling or settlement. This sum can included medical and investigative costs.

UNMATCHED BOOK

A portfolio with different maturity rates. It increases the risk exposure but also increases profit possible. Refer to gap, gapping, matched book, open book, and mismatch.

ULTRAVIRES

It means outside ones jurisdiction. It is any financial action that is not covered legally under a companies laws. A third party can sue if this is mismanaged.

UNQUALIFIED OPINION

An auditor who is not part of the company who verifies the honesty of the financial records given.

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