Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• PRIME FOR LIFE - A type of line of credit loan coveted by consumers that fixes the interest at the prim...
  
  
• PRIME PAPER - The highest-quality, investment-grade debt of corporations as decided by rating agencies ...
  
  
• PRIME RATE - The interest rate charged by lenders to their best, most creditworthy customers. A less cr...
  
  
• PRIME RATE FUND - A mutual fund that buys portions of corporate loans from banks and pays the interest ...
  
  
• PRIME RATE/PRIME LENDING RATE - The rate of interest charged on loans by chartered banks to their most ...
  
  
• PRIME SPACE - Typically refers to first-generation space that is available for lease
  
  
• PRIME TENANT - The biggest tenant in a commercial complex. Also known as "key tenant" or "anchor tenant...
  
  
• PRIMITIVE SECURITY - An instrument such as a stock or bond for which payments depend only on the financ...
  
  
• PRINCIPAL - 1. One of the main parties to a transaction. For example, the buyer and seller are principa...
  
  
• PRINCIPAL AMOUNT - The face amount of debt; the amount borrowed or lent. Often called principal.