Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• UNIT-IN-PLACE METHOD - The appraisal method of estimating building costs by calculating the costs of al...
  
  
• UNIT-LEVEL ACTIVITY - in Activity Based Costing, is an activity that must be done for each unit of prod...
  
  
• UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE - An agency of the Treasury Department charged with enforcing laws relati...
  
  
• UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT SECURITIES - Debt issues of the U.S. government, as distinguished from governm...
  
  
• UNITED STATES LEAGUE OF SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS - a former national organization representing the thrift i...
  
  
• UNITED STATES SAVINGS BOND - Series EE savings bonds are issued by the US government in face value deno...
  
  
• UNITED STATES TRUSTEE - an agent of the U.S. Department of Justice appointed to assist in bankruptcy ca...
  
  
• UNITY OF OWNERSHIP - The four unities that are traditionally needed to create a joint tenancy-unity of ...
  
  
• UNITY OF POSSESSION - One of the four "unities" required to create a joint tenancy. All joint tenants h...
  
  
• UNITY OF TIME - For joint tenants, the requirement that each of the tenants acquires her interest at th...