Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• HIGH-RISE - In the central business district, this could mean a building higher than 25 stories above g...
  
  
• HIGH-RISK MORTGAGE SECURITIES - Securities where the price or expected average life is highly sensitive...
  
  
• HIGH-TECH STOCK - Stocks of companies operating in high-technology fields.
  
  
• HIGH-TICKING - To pay the offered price.
  
  
• HIGH-YIELD BOND - Low-rated bonds pose greater risk of default than higher-rated bonds. As a result, th...
  
  
• HIGH-YIELD SECURITIES - A formal name for junk bonds.
  
  
• HIGHEST AND BEST USE - an appraisal and zoning concept that evaluates all the possible, permissible and...
  
  
• HIGHEST AND BEST USE STUDY - An analysis of a property which is aimed at discovering the most profitabl...
  
  
• HIGHEST BID - The top price offered by a bidder at auction. If the reserve price is not reached and the...
  
  
• HIGHJACKING - Japanese term for a takeover.