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DATE DRAFT

A bill that is payable on a date without need for the payer to accept it.

DATE OF AGREEMENT

The date when an agreement is signed. It can be pre or post dated on the actual signing date.

DATE OF ISSUE

The date when insurance policy is issued. It is different than the effective date.

DATE OF MANUFACTURE

The date when a product is made or when it is as it is described in the technical literature.

DATE OF RECORD

The date on or before a stockholder has to own shares to get their dividend. Any shares sold after this date are exdividend shares.

DATE OF SERVICE

The date when an insured party is seen by a doctor or given a treatment.

DATE OF SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION

The date when a project is to be complete to be used for its intended purpose. The contract lists the requirements for this date.

DATED DATE

The date when a new security is issued by the underwriters. It is different than an issue date.

DATES CONVERSION

Treating incoming cash as recieved on the exact date no the end of the year.

DATING

When seasonal industries ship goods before the date of the season. Its like a prechristmas sale giving cash in times that are lean.

DAUGHTERBOARD

A circuit board that is in the first slot on a motherboard. It is the main processor and memory.

DAVIS-BACON ACT

A federal law started that to create minimum wage on public work projects. It is in the contract paying local wages and benefits based on similar projects. It was started by James

DAWN RAID

A CORPORATE FINANCE tactic where a potential acquirer purchases a substantial block of a target company

DAX 100

The top 100 stocks price index on the Frankfurt stock exchange.

DAY COUNT CONVENTION

A mechanism for computing COUPON payments/receipts on a FIXED INCOME security. Day count conventions, which vary by instrument, market, and country, are based on the period between coupon payments, the number of

DAY OF THE JACKAL FRAUD

When a dead child’s birth record is used to get a passport and identity fraud. This is the UK term. It is named after Frederick Forsyth’s novel.

DAY ORDER

An order that expires if it is not done the day it is placed.

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