Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• ENCUMBRANCES
  
  Obligations in the form of purchase orders, contracts or salary commitments that are chargeable to an appropriation and for which a part of the appropriation is reserved. Encumbrances are eliminated when paid or when an actual liability is set up.
  
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