Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• PPP - See:Purchasing power parity
  
  
• PPSA - PERSONAL PROPERTY SECURITY ACT - The system in British Columbia, whereby a person is required to...
  
  
• PR - an acronym for, among others, 'public relations', 'payroll' and 'purchase request'.
  
  
• PRACTICAL CAPACITY - where the cost of production is based on the 'practical capacity' of production fa...
  
  
• PRAECIPIUM - The amount of the front-end fee not distributed to the joining members of a syndication.
  
  
• PRAIRIE HOUSE - A long low house of the early twentieth century style, with a row of windows across the...
  
  
• PRC - Policy Review Committee
  
  
• PRE 14A - A preliminary proxy statement officially notifying shareholders of matters to be voted upon a...
  
  
• PRE APPROVAL - An approval for credit issued by a lender before the borrower has selected a property. U...
  
  
• PRE CARRIAGE - Usually freight charges for port or airport delivery arising before the principal intern...