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appreciate -at·ed -at·ing vt 1 : to judge or understand the significance of [incapable of appreciating the difference between right and wrong "B. N. Cardozo"] 2 : to raise the market value of compare depreciate vi : to rise in market value ap·pre·ci·a·tion [ə-prē-shē-ā-shən, -pri-, -sē-] n ...
stock appreciation right
stock appreciation right : a form of deferred compensation that allows an employee to receive as a bonus the cash value of the appreciation of stock over a period of years and that defers taxation until paid ...
appreciation
appreciation an increase in property value. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ...
cash-out refinance
cash-out refinance when a borrower refinances a mortgage at a higher principal amount to get additional money. Usually this occurs when the property has appreciated in value. For example, if a home has a current value of $100,000 and an outstanding mortgage of $60,000, the owner could refinance $80,000 and have additional $20,000 in cash. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ...
depreciate
depreciate -at·ed -at·ing vt : to subject to depreciation : lower the value of vi : to fall in value compare appreciate ...
ingratitude
ingratitude : forgetfulness of or lack of appreciation for kindness or esp. a gift received NOTE: Under the civil law of Louisiana, a gift may be revoked on the ground of ingratitude if the recipient of the gift tries to kill the person who gave the gift, is guilty of cruelly mistreating or injuring the giver, or refuses the giver food when it is needed. ...
premeditation
premeditation : an act or instance of premeditating ;specif : consideration or planning of an act beforehand [designed so that it requires to tamper with it] [murder in the first degree is the killing of a human being committed…intentionally and with "Kansas Statutes Annotated"] see also cold blood, murder compare intent NOTE: The terms premeditation malice aforethought deliberate, and willful are often used in statutes either along with or instead of intent to describe the necessary mental state for a crime. In some jurisdictions the premeditation has to occur only moments before the act, while in others it must precede the act by an appreciable amount of time. ...
profit
profit 1 : gain in excess of expenditures: as a : the excess of the selling price of goods over their cost b : net income from a business, investment, or capital appreciation compare earnings, loss 2 : a benefit or advantage from the use of property see also mesne profits, profit a prendre compare easement, right of way, servitude ...
substantial capacity test
substantial capacity test : a test used in many jurisdictions when considering an insanity defense which relieves a defendant of criminal responsibility if at the time of the crime as a result of mental disease or defect the defendant lacked the capacity to appreciate the wrongfulness of his or her conduct or to conform the conduct to the requirements of the law called also ALI test Model Penal Code test compare diminished capacity, irresistible impulse test, m'naghten test NOTE: This test was first formulated in the Model Penal Code and has been adopted by many jurisdictions. ...
unrealized
unrealized : not yet realized [ appreciation] ...
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