Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• ACTUARIAL METHOD - means the method of allocating payments made on a debt between the amount financed a...
  
  
• ACTUARIAL SCIENCE - applies mathematical and statistical methods to finance and insurance, particularly...
  
  
• ACTUARY - A person who calculates statistically risks, premiums, life expectancies and other factors fo...
  
  
• ACU - See: Asian currency units
  
  
• AD - The two-character ISO 3166 country code for ANDORRA.
  
  
• AD HOC - being concerned with a particular end or purpose, e.g., a ad hoc committee established to hand...
  
  
• AD VALOREM - Meaning "according to value," this is a tax imposed on the value of property that is typic...
  
  
• AD VALOREM TAX - A tax based on the value of real property, most commonly real estate. The City can onl...
  
  
• AD VALOREM TAX ("ACCORDING TO ITS VALUE") - A state or local government tax based on the value of real ...
  
  
• AD VALOREM TAXES - property taxes on the assessed value of a property. Ad valorem is Latin for "accordi...