Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• PRESCRIPTION - Acquiring a right in property, usually in the form of an intangible property right such ...
  
  
• PRESCRIPTIVE CODE - a building code that specifies construction requirements according to particular ma...
  
  
• PRESCRIPTIVE EASEMENT - A legally enforceable right to make use of all or part of the property of anoth...
  
  
• PRESENT VALUE - The present value of a future payment, sometimes called the time value of money, is wha...
  
  
• PRESENT VALUE COMPONENTS ANALYSIS - An analytical tool that establishes a base NPV for a project that c...
  
  
• PRESENT VALUE COST - the cost in currently valued dollars of funds to be expended over a period of time...
  
  
• PRESENT VALUE FACTOR - Factor used to calculate an estimate of the present value of an amount to be rec...
  
  
• PRESENT VALUE INDEX (PVI) - The ratio of the NPV of a project to the initial outlay required for it. Th...
  
  
• PRESENT VALUE OF GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES - Net present value (NPV) of investments the firm is expected to ...
  
  
• PRESENT WORTH - The discounted present-day value of money to be collected in the future.