Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• KERF - The groove left in a piece of wood after a saw has passed.
  
  
• KES - The ISO 4217 currency code for the Kenyan Shilling.
  
  
• KEY - A password needed to decipher encrypted data.
  
  
• KEY INDUSTRY - An industry that plays a critical role in a nation's economy.
  
  
• KEY LOT - A piece of property which is pivotal to the success of a proposed development.
  
  
• KEY MAN (OR WOMAN) INSURANCE - A life insurance policy purchased by a company to insure the life of a k...
  
  
• KEY PERSON INSURANCE - Business-owned life insurance contract typically on the lives of principal offic...
  
  
• KEY RATE - The interest rate that controls, either directly or indirectly, bank lending rates and the c...
  
  
• KEY RATE DURATION - A measure of duration that calculates effective or empirical duration by changing t...
  
  
• KEY TENANT - For a commercial or office development, the resident who attracts other residents or custo...