Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• CAP RATE - The highest rate that a borrower will pay within a defined time period. Examples are; the ra...
  
  
• CAPACITY - In general, the maximum volume of liquid or gas that can be pumped through a pipeline, or th...
  
  
• CAPACITY OF PARTIES - The legal ability of people or organizations to enter into a valid contract. A pe...
  
  
• CAPACITY UTILIZATION RATE - The percentage of the economy's total plant and equipment that is currently...
  
  
• CAPE COD COLONIAL - A one-storey house, compact in design and in an early-American-style. Symmetrical l...
  
  
• CAPEX - See: Capital expenditures
  
  
• CAPITAL - 1. Usually refers to the total of the equity accounts in a firm. For a bank, the equity accou...
  
  
• CAPITAL ACCOUNT - in finance, is an account of the net value of a business at a specified date; in econ...
  
  
• CAPITAL ADEQUACY RATIO - A ratio of total capital divided by risk-weighted assets and risk-weighted off...
  
  
• CAPITAL ALLOCATION DECISION - Allocation of invested funds between risk-free assets and the risky portf...