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brokerage

brokerage 1 : the business or establishment of a broker 2 : a broker's fee or commission ...


Army Brokerage Acts (UK)

Army Brokerage Acts (UK), 5 & 6 Edw. 6, c.16; 49 Geo. 3, c. 126, Acts forbidding the purchase of offices; so called by 38 & 39 Vict. c.16, the Regimental Exchanges Act, 1875...


Brokerage

Brokerage, the commission or percentage paid to brokers on the sale or purchase of bills, funds, goods, etc. see CONTRACT NOTE....


Credit-brokerage

Credit-brokerage, means the effecting of introduc-tions (a) of individuals desiring to obtain credit to persons carrying on any business so far as it relates to the provision of credit; or (b) of individuals desiring to obtain goods on hire to persons carrying on a business which comprises or relates to the bailment of goods under a contract for the hire of goods; or (c) of individuals desiring to obtain credit, or to obtain goods on hire, to other credit-brokers, Supply of Goods and Services Act, 1982, s. 18(1) (UK), Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 2, para 1855, p. 873...


basis

basis pl: ba·ses [-sēz] 1 : something (as a principle or reason) on which something else is established [the court could not imagine any conceivable for the statute] see also rational basis 2 : a basic principle or method ;esp : the principle or method by which taxable income is calculated NOTE: The Internal Revenue Code has set some limits on which method a taxpayer may use for figuring taxable income. For example, a corporation with gross receipts under $5,000,000 may be a cash-basis taxpayer. ac·cru·al basis : a method of accounting in which income and expenses are recorded in the period when they are earned or incurred regardless of when the payment is received or made called also accrual method cash basis : a method of accounting in which income and expenses are recorded in the period when payment is received or made called also cash method 3 : the value (as cost or fair market value) of an asset used in calculating capital gains or losses for inc...


street name

street name : a brokerage firm's name in which securities owned by another (as an individual investor) are listed (as to expedite transfer at time of sale by avoiding handling of the actual certificates) ...


underwrite

underwrite -wrote [-rōt, -rōt] -writ·ten [-rit-n, -rit-n] -writ·ing 1 a : to assume liability for (a risk) as an insurer [the insurer s individuals, not the group, in franchise health insurance] b : to issue or set the terms of (an insurance policy) 2 : to agree to purchase (all or part of a security issue) usually on a fixed date at a fixed price with the purpose or plan to resell by means of a public offering [was a security brokerage firm which as part of its business underwrote speculative new issues "UFITEC, S.A. v. Carter, 135 Cal. Rptr. 607 (1977)"] 3 a : to put up funds for or guarantee financial support of b : to assess the risk of (as a loan) ...


Brokage

See Brokerage...


Brokerage

The business or employment of a broker...


Broking

Of or pertaining to a broker or brokers or to brokerage...


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