Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• CHARACTERISTIC LINE - The line of "bet fit" through a series of historical returns for the firm's stock...
  
  
• CHARACTERISTIC PORTFOLIO - A portfolio which efficiently represents a particular asset characteristic. ...
  
  
• CHARGE - The document evidencing mortgage security required by Crown Law (law derived from English law)...
  
  
• CHARGE ACCOUNT - A credit account extended by a retailer which is subject to specific interest rates an...
  
  
• CHARGE CARD - A card that requires a full payment of the charge by the due date. Unlike credit cards, w...
  
  
• CHARGE CERTIFICATE - The certificate issued by HM Land Registry to the mortgagee of a property with reg...
  
  
• CHARGE OFF - see BAD DEBT.
  
  
• CHARGE-BACKS - The reduction of unpaid invoices owed to a trade creditor due to a dispute, return, offs...
  
  
• CHARGE-OFF - An unpaid portion of a bill that a lender has accepted will never be paid and has recorded...
  
  
• CHARGE-OFFS - Loans or debts that have gone unpaid by the creditor. The creditor "gives up" on collecti...