Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• MIPS - Monthly Income Preferred Shares (q.v.).
  
  
• MIRAS - Mortgage interest relief at source. This was tax relief on your mortgage but was abolished by t...
  
  
• MIS - see MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM.
  
  
• MISAPPROPRIATON - a nonviolent criminal taking of property. Includes embezzlement, theft, and fraud. Of...
  
  
• MISCELLANEOUS - a grouping consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds.
  
  
• MISCELLANEOUS INCOME - that income realized that is not directly related to the sale of standard produc...
  
  
• MISCELLANEOUS ITEMIZED DEDUCTIONS - Certain deductions that are itemized but do not fall into other spe...
  
  
• MISDEMEANOR - Offenses less serious than felonies and generally punishable by a fine or imprisonment le...
  
  
• MISERY INDEX - An index that sums the unemployment and inflation rates, used as a political rating or m...
  
  
• MISMATCH - Used in asset/liability management to describe the difference between rate-sensitive assets ...