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UNDERWRITE

1. General. Document that is signed at the end to signify agreement , correctness or truth of contents. 2. Banking. Evaluating risk for lending by analysing loan contract details. 3. Insurance. Evaluation

UNDIVIDED INTEREST

Ownership claim of property or assets commonly owned with restricted claims but no one has an exclusive claim.

UNEARNED INCOME

1. Accounting. Income received before a service is provided or a good is sold.2. Taxation. Income from means not arising from a person’s efforts.

UNDERPERFORM

Analyst rate of a security that reflects opinion that its will stay behind the market.

UNCONSCIONABILITY

Degree of unreasonableness and unfairness of a contract or deal prompting a court to modify or nullify it.

UNDERCLASS

People at the lowest level of society that have becomes victims of a poverty trap.

UNDERINSURED

Person without adequate cover for a loss or a damage or who cannot meet a requirement of co-insurance.

UNDERWEIGHT

Situation that has arisen when a portfolio’s investment are lower in proportion to the financial market’s share of capitalisation. Opposite of overweight.

UNCERTAINTY AVOIDANCE

Accepting assumed explanations or causes as facts to escape discomfort are associated with uncertainty or ambiguity.

UNDER CAPITALIZATION

Situation where businesses don’t have enough funds from stock holders for the size of operations.

TRANSITORY RECORDS

Correspondence and routine documents that have a short life span or value and are not integral to operations.

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