Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• SARBANES OXLEY ACT OF 2002 - Legislation passed largely as a result of a number of accounting scandals....
  
  
• SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002 (SOX) - Addresses, among other issues, corporate governance, auditing and ac...
  
  
• SARSEP IRA - Salary Reduction SEP IRA. Tax-deferred retirement plan for small businesses with less than...
  
  
• SAS - See STATEMENTS ON AUDITING STANDARDS.
  
  
• SAT - Stanford Achievement Test. Measures a variety of skills including math, critical reading and writ...
  
  
• SATISFACTION - The payment of a debt which satisfies an obligation.
  
  
• SATISFACTION (OF A MORTGAGE) - An instrument provided by the lender as evidence that the loan has been ...
  
  
• SATISFACTION OF MORTGAGE - When all mortgage loan payments have been made and the note has been paid in...
  
  
• SATISFACTORY ACADEMIC PROGRESS - The level of academic progress required of a student by the Higher Edu...
  
  
• SATURDAY NIGHT SPECIAL - Often used in risk arbitrage. Sudden attempt by one company to take over anoth...