Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• CONTRACTIONARY MONETARY POLICY - A policy to restrict the growth of money and credit in the economy. Se...
  
  
• CONTRACTOR - A person who contracts to erect buildings. There are also contractors for each phase of co...
  
  
• CONTRACTUAL ALLOWANCE - in healthcare, is the difference between what hospitals bill and what they rece...
  
  
• CONTRACTUAL CLAIM - An amount that by legal agreement must be paid periodically to the buyer of a secur...
  
  
• CONTRACTUAL GAP - A crude measure of a financial institution’s exposure to adverse consequences resulti...
  
  
• CONTRACTUAL INTERMEDIARY - Holder of an indirect claim through a legal agreement that specifies that th...
  
  
• CONTRACTUAL LIEN - A legal claim against property as a result of a voluntary contract, such as a mortga...
  
  
• CONTRACTUAL PLAN - A plan in which fixed dollar amounts of mutual fund shares are purchased through per...
  
  
• CONTRACTUAL SERVICES - Services rendered to the City by private firms or other City departments. These ...
  
  
• CONTRAMARKET STOCK - In the context of general equities, stock that tends to go against the trend of th...