Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• AGENCY - A relationship created when one person, the principal, delegates to another, the agent, the ri...
  
  
• AGENCY (THEORY) - A branch of economics relating to the behavior of principals (such as owners) and the...
  
  
• AGENCY BANK - A form of organization commonly used by foreign banks to enter the US market. An agency b...
  
  
• AGENCY BASIS - the sale of securities by a broker acting as an agent for others and charging customers ...
  
  
• AGENCY BOND - Some government affiliated but privately owned corporations, including Fannie Mae and Fre...
  
  
• AGENCY BY ESTOPPEL (OSTENSIBLE AGENCY) - An agency relationship created by the actions, behavior or sta...
  
  
• AGENCY BY NECESSITY - An agency relationship where the authority to represent is imputed to the Agent a...
  
  
• AGENCY BY RATIFICATION - An agency relationship which is created after the fact when the Principal agre...
  
  
• AGENCY CLOSING - The use of a title company to supervise the meeting where the property is transferred ...
  
  
• AGENCY COST VIEW - The argument that specifies that the various agency costs create a complex environme...