Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• STANDBY TAKEOUT COMMITMENT - An agreement by an interim lender to advance funds to take out a construct...
  
  
• STANDING - Level of priority in the trading crowd.
  
  
• STANDING INSTRUCTIONS - Instructions for a bank to debit a fixed amount from your account.
  
  
• STANDING MORTGAGE - A loan where no amortization payments are required and the entire loan comes due at...
  
  
• STANDSTILL AGREEMENT - Contract by which the bidding firm in a takeover attempt agrees to limit its hol...
  
  
• STARE DECISIS - The reliance of courts on previous decisions when judging disputes. (See common law)
  
  
• STARS - Supervisory Training & Action, Research & Solutions (supervisory training school)
  
  
• START-UP - While any new company could be considered a start-up, the description is usually applied to ...
  
  
• START-UP COSTS - (1) Costs, excluding acquisition costs, incurred to bring a new unit into production. ...
  
  
• STARTER HOME - A dwelling that is relatively small and inexpensive and bought as a first home.