Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• HYBRIDIZATION - Is the act or process of creating a new instrument which has two or more credit, equity...
  
  
• HYDROCARBONS - Organic chemical compounds containing hydrogen and carbon atoms. They form the basis of ...
  
  
• HYPERINFLATION - See: Inflation
  
  
• HYPERTEXT TRANSFER PROTOCOL (HTTP) - moves files over the Internet
  
  
• HYPERTEXT TRANSFER PROTOCOL SECURE SOCKET (HTTPS) - a uniform resource locator (URL) with encrypted web...
  
  
• HYPOTHECATE - To pledge real or personal property as security for a loan or other obligation without su...
  
  
• HYPOTHECATION - 1. An archaic term for pledging that did not involve either possession or title transfe...
  
  
• HYPOTHETICATION AGREEMENTS - Are legal documents which define the pledging of collateral. A mortgage de...
  
  
• HYSTERESIS - Used to characterize a lagging effect. Firms may fail to enter markets that appear attract...