Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• NEED - The difference between a student’s resources (the estimated family contribution and outside reso...
  
  
• NEED-BASED AID - Provided to students based on their financial status, as determined by the FAFSA.
  
  
• NEEDS - The things in life that are required for basic survival, such as shelter, food and clothing.
  
  
• NEEDS-BASED PRICING - An unrealistic method by which a seller decides how much to ask for a house. Inst...
  
  
• NEGATIVE AMORTIZATION - Should your monthly mortgage payments not be sufficient to pay the interest due...
  
  
• NEGATIVE AMORTIZATION CAP - The maximum amount of negative amortization permitted on an ARM, usually ex...
  
  
• NEGATIVE ASSURANCE - Report issued by an ACCOUNTANT based on limited procedures that states that nothin...
  
  
• NEGATIVE CARRY - Is the condition whereby a portfolio after financing considerations generates a negati...
  
  
• NEGATIVE CASH FLOW - When a business or property generates less money in a given period than the cost o...
  
  
• NEGATIVE CONTRIBUTOR - any item, activity, or cost that offsets attainment of positive results, e.g., a...