Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• SUPPORT TEST - One of the five tests to see if you can claim someone as your dependent. To meet this te...
  
  
• SUPPORT TRANCHE - See companion tranche.
  
  
• SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS - assist in making a case (prove a point or forward an argument) by providing addi...
  
  
• SUPPORTING OBLIGATION - A letter of credit right or secondary obligation that supports the payment or p...
  
  
• SUPPRESSED INFLATION - means that a situation exists in which prices would rise -- if government regula...
  
  
• SUPRANATIONAL - transcending established national boundaries or spheres of interest (Example: A suprana...
  
  
• SURCHARGE - An extra charge imposed on those who purchase with a credit card instead of cash. (Currentl...
  
  
• SURETY - Generally the same as guarantor; however, in some states there are important distinctions.
  
  
• SURETY BOND - An agreement by an insurance or bonding company to be responsible for certain possible de...
  
  
• SURFACE RIGHTS - Ownership rights in a parcel of real estate that are limited to the surface of the pro...