Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• SOFT CALL PROTECTION (FOR CONVERTIBLE BONDS) - One of two types of call protection. Soft or provisional...
  
  
• SOFT CLOSE - in accounting, is when journal entries may be allowed to periods previously considered clo...
  
  
• SOFT COST - The portion of an equity investment other than the actual cost of the improvements themselv...
  
  
• SOFT COSTS - Soft costs are legitimate expenses incurred by a borrower or developer for things not dire...
  
  
• SOFT CURRENCY - The money of a country that is expected to drop in value relative to other currencies.
  
  
• SOFT DOLLAR SERVICE CHARGES - service charges offset by collected balances
  
  
• SOFT DOLLARS - The value of research services that brokerage houses supply to investment managers "free...
  
  
• SOFT INQUIRY - An item on a person's credit report that indicates that someone has asked for a copy of ...
  
  
• SOFT LANDING - A term describing a growth rate high enough to keep the economy out of recession, but al...
  
  
• SOFT MARKET - A soft market, also known as a buyer's market, is one in which supply exceeds demand. In ...