Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• AS SEPARATE PROPERTY - Ownership in real property which is to be specifically excluded from community p...
  
  
• AS-EXTRACTED COLLATERAL - Oil, gas, or other minerals that are subject to a security interest that is c...
  
  
• AS-IS CONDITION - The acceptance by the tenant of the existing condition of the premises at the time a ...
  
  
• ASB - see ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD.
  
  
• ASBESTOS - A toxic material that was once used in housing insulation and fireproofing. Because some for...
  
  
• ASBESTOS CONTAINING MATERIAL (ACM) - The EPA defines asbestos containing material as any material or pr...
  
  
• ASBESTOSIS - A disease associated with inhalation of asbestos fibers. The disease makes breathing progr...
  
  
• ASC - all savers certificate
  
  
• ASC (ACCREDITED STANDARDS COMMITTEE) X12 - formed to develop general standards for electronic data inte...
  
  
• ASCENDING RATE BONDS - Securities with a coupon rate that increases in previously defined increments at...