Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• FLAT INTEREST - refers to charging interest on the full original loan amount, rather than on the declin...
  
  
• FLAT INTEREST RATE - Interest calculated on the original amount of the loan for the whole term.
  
  
• FLAT LEASE - a lease where the cost is fixed for a specific period of time.
  
  
• FLAT MARKET - Is a term structure whereby the various delivery months are basically trading at the same...
  
  
• FLAT MATERNITY BENEFIT - In some plans, the amount that will be paid for hospital maternity care, regar...
  
  
• FLAT PRICE (ALSO CLEAN PRICE) - The quoted newspaper price of a bond that does not include accrued inte...
  
  
• FLAT PRICE RISK - Taking a position either long or short that does not involve spreading.
  
  
• FLAT RATE - a per unit price that remains constant regardless of the volume purchased.
  
  
• FLAT RENTAL - rental payments that remain fixed and unchanged throughout the life of the lease.
  
  
• FLAT SCALE - The pattern for new issues where shorter- and longer-term yields display very little diffe...