Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• CONTRA ACCOUNT - 1. is the reduction to the gross cost of an asset to arrive at the net cost; also know...
  
  
• CONTRA ASSET - an item that is entered on the asset side of an accounting ledger even though the item h...
  
  
• CONTRA BROKER - The broker on the buy side of a sell order or the sell side of a buy order.
  
  
• CONTRA LIABILITY - A liability account that normally has a debit balance.
  
  
• CONTRACT - In real estate parlance, the contract is the legal document by which buyer and seller make o...
  
  
• CONTRACT ALLOWANCE - is the limit set within an agreement as to what is the maximum allowed of any give...
  
  
• CONTRACT COSTING - is mainly associated with civil engineering works, although sometimes also with the ...
  
  
• CONTRACT DOCUMENTS - The complete set of design plans and specifications for the construction of a buil...
  
  
• CONTRACT FOR DEED - The contract for deed is used extensively in many areas, where it may be called a l...
  
  
• CONTRACT FOR DIFFERENCE - Definition: An OTC Currency Forward Contract that settles for a cash amount, ...