Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• UNDERLYING OR - An option or a future is a right or a commitment to buy or sell something at a future d...
  
  
• UNDERLYING SECURITIES - The specific security that is bought or sold by exercising an option.
  
  
• UNDERLYING SECURITY - For options, the security that is subject to purchase or sold upon exercise of an...
  
  
• UNDERMARGINED ACCOUNT - A margin account that no longer meets minimum maintenance requirements, requiri...
  
  
• UNDERPAYMENT PENALTY - A penalty for not paying enough total estimated tax and withholding. You can avo...
  
  
• UNDERPERFORM - In general, this means to do worse than some particular benchmark. Mutual Fund XYZ is sa...
  
  
• UNDERPRICING - Issuing securities at less than their market value.
  
  
• UNDERRECORDED - normally refers to an understatement as to what a total would be if all data was accura...
  
  
• UNDERSTATED - to represent as less than is the case.
  
  
• UNDERTAKING - This is a promise by a Lawyer to ensure that certain conditions (usually of the lender) a...