Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• VARIABLE-RATE - A varible-rate agreement, as distinguished from a fixed-rate agreement, calls for an in...
  
  
• VARIABLE-RATE CDS - Short-term certificate of deposits that pay interest periodically on roll dates. On...
  
  
• VARIABLE-RATE DEMAND NOTE - A note that is payable on demand and bears interest tied to a money market ...
  
  
• VARIABLE-RATE LOAN - Loan made at an interest rate that fluctuates depending on a base interest rate, s...
  
  
• VARIABLE-RATE MORTGAGE - Home loan in which the interest rate is changed periodically based on a standa...
  
  
• VARIABLERATE MORTGAGE - A less common name for an adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM).
  
  
• VARIANCE - Is a measure of volatility, risk, or statistical dispersion. It is the square of the standar...
  
  
• VARIANCE ANALYSIS - the analysis of performance by means of variances. Used to promote management actio...
  
  
• VARIANCE RULE - Specifies the permitted minimum or maximum quantity of securities that can be delivered...
  
  
• VARIANCE SWAP - Definition: A contract that pays off an amount proportional to the difference between t...