Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• MINT CONDITION - A term describing a building or item that's just like new.
  
  
• MINUS - The symbol (-) that precedes the change figure in a stock table to indicate a closing sale lowe...
  
  
• MINUS TICK - See: downtick .
  
  
• MINUTES - A written record of the events of a corporation, typically including all of the events taking...
  
  
• MIP - See: Monthly income preferred security
  
  
• MIP (MORTGAGE INSURANCE PREMIUM) - It is insurance from FHA to the lender against incurring a loss on a...
  
  
• MIPS - Monthly Income Preferred Shares (q.v.).
  
  
• MIRAS - Mortgage interest relief at source. This was tax relief on your mortgage but was abolished by t...
  
  
• MIS - see MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM.
  
  
• MISAPPROPRIATON - a nonviolent criminal taking of property. Includes embezzlement, theft, and fraud. Of...