Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• CU - The two-character ISO 3166 country code for CUBA.
  
  
• CUBAGE - a method of appraising property using the cost approach. The front, or width, of the building ...
  
  
• CUBIC FEET PER DAY (CF/D) - Usually used to quantify the rate of flow of a gas well or pipeline.
  
  
• CUBIC FOOT - The most common measure of gas volume, refer-ring to the amount of gas needed to fill a vo...
  
  
• CUBIC SPLINE - A mathematical technique used for yield curve smoothing. A cubic spline fits a different...
  
  
• CUBS - Customized Upside Basket Securities (q.v.). Bear Stearns's proprietary debt securities, with par...
  
  
• CUL DE SAC - a street with a dead end, usually with adequate space at the end for vehicles to turn arou...
  
  
• CUL-DE-SAC - A dead-end street, often with a broad circle at the end with houses arrayed around it; fro...
  
  
• CULPEPER SWITCH - a federal reserve facility located in Culpeper, Virginia, just south of Washington, D...
  
  
• CUM - Is derived from Latin and refers to "with," "attached," or "included." This compares to Ex-.