Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• BACKWARDATION - A market condition in which futures prices are lower in the distant delivery months tha...
  
  
• BAD - Bank Accounts Debits Tax, a state tax on withdrawals from bank accounts.
  
  
• BAD DEBT - an open account balance or loan receivable that has proven to be uncollectible and is writte...
  
  
• BAD DEBT RESERVE - a reserve account maintained by thrift institutions and used to offset losses from f...
  
  
• BAD DEBTS - Money you can't collect. Businesses are allowed to deduct bad debts under certain circumsta...
  
  
• BAD DELIVERY - A delivery of securities that does not fulfill the requirements for good delivery. See g...
  
  
• BAD TITLE - Title to property that does not distinctly confer ownership, usually in the context of real...
  
  
• BAI-KAI - Two-sided market picture, in Japanese terminology applies mainly to international equities.
  
  
• BAIL BOND LIEN - A real estate owner who is charged with a crime for which he or she must face trial, a...
  
  
• BAILIFF - A person who, in British Columbia, is appointed under the Debt Collection Act who will act or...