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Home Dictionary Name: adjustadjust status
adjust status 1) To change from a nonimmigrant visa status or other status 2) To adjust the status of a permanent resident (green card holder). Source: Department of State. March 2007. ...
adjustable-rate mortgage (arm)
adjustable-rate mortgage (arm) a mortgage loan that does not have a fixed interest rate. During the life of the loan the interest rate will change based on the index rate. Also referred to as adjustable mortgage loans (AMLs) or variable-rate mortgages (VRMs). Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ...
adjustment index
adjustment index the published market index used to calculate the interest rate of an ARM at the time of origination or adjustment. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ...
modified adjusted gross income
modified adjusted gross income There are different definitions for different purposes. It is usually the adjusted gross income with various items added back in. ...
Adjustment of a loss
Adjustment of a loss [fr. adjuster, Tr., to make event], the settling and ascertaining the amount of the indemnity which the assured, after all allowances and deductions made, is entitled to receive under the policy, and fixing the proportion which each underwriter is liable to pay. See York-Antwerp Rules, 1890, (English) Marine Insurance Act, 1906 (6 Edw. 7, c. 41), and Lowndes on Average...
adjust
adjust 1 a : to determine the amount to be paid under an insurance policy in settlement of (a loss) b : to make new arrangements with creditors for the payment of (the debts of a debtor in bankruptcy) 2 : to calculate in accordance with a system [ing the basis] ...
adjustable rate mortgage
adjustable rate mortgage see mortgage ...
adjusted basis
adjusted basis see basis ...
adjusted gross income
adjusted gross income : an individual's gross income decreased by the amount of deductions allowed esp. for business expenses ...
adjustment bond
adjustment bond see bond ...
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