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actual cash value

actual cash value 1 : the cost of replacing or repairing damaged property less any applicable depreciation 2 : fair market value ...


cash value

cash value : market value ...


true value

true value 1 : fair market value called also true cash value 2 : the depreciated book value of personal property for purposes of taxation of such property used in business ...


life insurance

life insurance : insurance providing for the payment of money to a designated beneficiary upon the death of the insured see also endowment insurance ordinary life insurance : whole life insurance in this entry straight life insurance : whole life insurance in this entry term life insurance : life insurance that provides coverage for a set term and does not accumulate cash surrender value universal life insurance : life insurance characterized by flexible premiums, benefits, and payment schedules, by the indexing of cash value to money market interest rates, and by the periodic reporting of current value and company costs charged to the account universal variable life insurance : variable universal life insurance in this entry variable life insurance : life insurance in which all or part of the cash value of the policy is located in a tax-deferred investment portfolio with risk assumed by the insured for investment losses compare variable annuity at annuity variable univer...


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 ...


Wholesale cash price

Wholesale cash price, there can be no doubt that the 'wholesale cash price' has to be ascertained only on the basis of transactions at arms length. If there is a special or favoured buyer to whom a special low price is charged because of extra-commercial considerations, e.g. because he is relative of the manufacturer, the price charged for those sales would not be the 'wholesale cash price' for levying excise under s. 4(a) of the Act, A.K. Roy v. Voltas Limited, AIR 1973 SC 225 (228): (1973) 3 SCC 503: (1973) 2 SCR 1089. [Central Excise and Sales Act, 1944, s. 4(a)]Where a manufacturer sells the goods manufactured by him in wholesale to a wholesale dealer at arms length and in the usual course of business, the wholesale cash price charged by him to the wholesale dealer less trade discount would represent the value of the goods for the purpose of assessment of excise. That would be the wholesale cash price for which the goods are sold at the factory-gate within the meaning of s. 4(a), A...


cash surrender value

cash surrender value : the amount of money an insurer will pay the insured upon surrender of a life insurance policy usually calculated as the reserve held by the insurer against the policy less a charge for surrender and any outstanding indebtedness ...


Basic wages

Basic wages, means all emoluments which are earned by an employee while on duty or on leave or on holidays with wages in either case in accordance with the terms of the contract of employment and which are paid or payable in cash to him, but does not include-(i) the cash value of any food concession; (ii) any dearness allowance (that is to say, all cash payments by whatever name called paid to an employee on account of a rise in the cost of living), house-rent allowance, overtime allowance, bonus commission or any other similar allowance payable to the employee in respect of his employment or of work done in such employment; (iii) any presents made by the employer. [Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 (19 of 1952), s. 2 (b)]The phrase 'basic wages' is ordinarily understood to mean that part of the price of labour, which the employer must pay to all workmen belonging to all categories. The phrase is used ordinarily in marked contra-distinction to 'dearness ...


loan to value (ltv) ratio

loan to value (ltv) ratio a percentage calculated by dividing the amount borrowed by the price or appraised value of the home to be purchased; the higher the LTV, the less cash a borrower is required to pay as down payment. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ...


surrender value

surrender value : cash surrender value ...


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