Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• SAS - See STATEMENTS ON AUDITING STANDARDS.
  
  
• SAT - Stanford Achievement Test. Measures a variety of skills including math, critical reading and writ...
  
  
• SATISFACTION - The payment of a debt which satisfies an obligation.
  
  
• SATISFACTION (OF A MORTGAGE) - An instrument provided by the lender as evidence that the loan has been ...
  
  
• SATISFACTION OF MORTGAGE - When all mortgage loan payments have been made and the note has been paid in...
  
  
• SATISFACTORY ACADEMIC PROGRESS - The level of academic progress required of a student by the Higher Edu...
  
  
• SATURDAY NIGHT SPECIAL - Often used in risk arbitrage. Sudden attempt by one company to take over anoth...
  
  
• SATURNS - See Structured Asset Trust Unit Repackagings.
  
  
• SAUCER - Technical chart pattern depicting a security whose price has reached bottom and is moving up.
  
  
• SAUCER BASE - Similar to a cup and handle formation, but the saucer base is shallower and rounder in sh...