Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• SEMIANNUAL - Occurring every six months or twice per year.
  
  
• SEMILOG - Scaling method. With semilog, the distance between each point of a chart is exponential. Semi...
  
  
• SEMINOLE QUARTERBACKING - To cave in under pressure, esp., by one who has the appearance of competence ...
  
  
• SEMISTRONG-FORM EFFICIENCY - A form of pricing efficiency that profits the price of a security fully re...
  
  
• SEMIVARIALBLE COST - one that varies with changes in volume, but, unlike variable cost, does not vary i...
  
  
• SENIOR - Is a class of securities which have high or the highest claim against a borrower. Often they a...
  
  
• SENIOR BOND - If a bond issuer defaults, or runs into difficulty paying off debt, holders of senior bon...
  
  
• SENIOR CLASSES - With regard to securities, describes the classes with the highest priority to receive ...
  
  
• SENIOR CREDITOR - A creditor holding senior debt.
  
  
• SENIOR DEBT - Debt which, in the event of liquidation, must be repaid before subordinated debt receives...