Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST
  
  Is a special structure which holds real properties. These properties can be apartments, shopping malls, office buildings or other acceptable real assets. The trust must distribute 95 percent of its income to the shareholders in order to qualify for special tax treatment.
  
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