Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• HOLDING OVER - Also known as "over holding", the term used to describe the action of a tenant who retai...
  
  
• HOLDING PERIOD - The lenght of time a capital asset is owned. Assets held 12 months or less are short-t...
  
  
• HOLDING THE MARKET - The illegal practice of maintaining and/or placing a sufficient number of buy orde...
  
  
• HOLDING-PERIOD RETURN - Rate of return on an investment over a given period.
  
  
• HOLDING-PERIOD YIELD (HPY) - The annual rate of return actually realized on an investment in a bond.
  
  
• HOLDOVER TENANCY - A tenancy whereby a lessee retains possession of leased property after the lease has...
  
  
• HOLIDAY OWNERSHIP/VACATION OWNERSHIP - time share.
  
  
• HOLOGRAPHIC WILL - A testamentary document which is written entirely in the hand of the testator (the p...
  
  
• HOME - a residential structure containing one to four dwelling units, or a condominium unit, regardless...
  
  
• HOME & CONTENTS INSURANCE - An insurance policy that .combines protection against damage to a dwelling ...