Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• USE (OF PROPERTY) - Term for the purpose for which a property is occupied, mostly related to zoning by-...
  
  
• USE OF PROFESSIONAL SKEPTICISM WHEN EVALUATING THE RESULTS OF TESTING - The auditor must conduct the au...
  
  
• USE TAX - A tax on merchandise purchased beyond a state's sales tax boundaries but which will be used w...
  
  
• USEFUL LIFE - The number of years depreciable business property is expected to be productive and in use...
  
  
• USER - A non- or for-profit entity that receives a program-related investment directly from a funder fo...
  
  
• USPAP - See Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice.
  
  
• USURIOUS RATE - A rate based on unnecessarily or unlawfully high interest; act or practice of lending m...
  
  
• USURY - Charging interest at a higher rate than the maximum rate established by state law.
  
  
• USURY LAW - A law that sets the maximum interest rate that can be charged on a loan.
  
  
• USURY LAWS - Laws limiting the amount of interest that can be charged on loans.