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Clean price

Bond price excluding accrued interest.

Collective wisdom

The combination of all of the individual opinions about a stock's or security's value.

Conditional sales contracts

Similar to equipment trust certificates except that the lender is either the
equipment manufacturer or a bank or finance company to whom the manufacturer has sold the conditional
sales contract.

Evergreen credit

Revolving credit without maturity.

Glass-Steagall Act

A 1933 act in which Congress forbade commercial banks to own, underwrite, or deal in
corporate stock and corporate bonds.

Mortgagee

The lender of a loan secured by property.

Pie model of capital structure

A model of the debt/equity ratio of the firms, graphically depicted in slices of
a pie that represent the value of the firm in the capital markets.

Debt

Borrowings from financiers.

MM's proposition I (debt irrelevance proposition)

The value of a firm is unaffected by its capital structure.

Form I-9

The Employment Eligibility Verification form, which must be filled
out for all new employees to establish their identity and eligibility to work.

Cash Equivalents

Highly liquid, fixed-income investments with original maturities of three months or less.

Point-of-use storage

The storage of stock in a location in or near the shop floor
adjacent to its area of use.

Visual control

The visual inspection of inventory levels, enabled by the use of
designated locations and standard containers.

Errors and Omissions Insurance

Insurance coverage purchased by the agent/broker which provides protection against loss incurred by a client because of some negligent act, error, oversight, or omission by the agent/broker.

Initial Public Offering

A firms first offering of its shares to the investment public, after registration requirements of the various securities regulators have been met.