Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• DOWNZONING - A change in zoning from a higher to a lower classification or from a more active to less a...
  
  
• DPC - Derivative Products Company (q.v.).
  
  
• DPMS - Are Designated Primary Market Makers.
  
  
• DPO - Days Payables Outstanding.
  
  
• DPS - see DIVIDENDS PER SHARE.
  
  
• DR - an ancient Italian abbreviation for the Italian word "debare'; meaning "debit' (not to be confused...
  
  
• DRAFT - A written order drawn by one party, called a drawer, that directs a second party (almost always...
  
  
• DRAFT, DEMAND OR SIGHT - in import / export, is a draft payable upon presentation to the drawee. It may...
  
  
• DRAG-ALONG RIGHTS - the contractual right of an investor in a company to force all other investors to a...
  
  
• DRAGNET CLAUSE - A provision in a mortgage or security agreement that attempts to extend the security i...