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Home Dictionary Name: cerannuity
annuity pl: -ities [Medieval Latin annuitas, from Latin annuus yearly] 1 : an amount payable at regular intervals (as yearly or quarterly) for a certain or uncertain period 2 : the grant of or the right to receive an annuity [his will included annuities for several old friends] 3 : a contract (as with an insurance company) under which one or more persons receive annuities in return for prior fixed payments made by themselves or another (as an employer) annuity cer·tain pl: annuities certain : an annuity payable over a specified period even if the annuitant dies annuity due pl: annuities due : an immediate annuity in which the payment of the benefits is made at the beginning of each payment interval rather than at the end contingent annuity : an annuity whose starting or ending date depends on the occurrence of an event (as the death of the annuitant) whose date is uncertain con·ven·tion·al annuity : an annuity under which the annuitant receives a specified...
security
security pl: -ties 1 a : something (as a mortgage or collateral) that is provided to make certain the fulfillment of an obligation [used his property as for a loan] b : surety see also security for costs 2 : evidence of indebtedness, ownership, or the right to ownership ;specif : evidence of investment in a common enterprise (as a corporation or partnership) made with the expectation of deriving a profit solely from the efforts of others who acquire control over the funds invested [a involves some form of investment contract] see also due diligence asset-backed security : a security (as a bond) that represents ownership in or is secured by a pool of assets (as loans or receivables) that have been securitized bearer security : a security (as a bearer bond) that is not registered and is payable to anyone in possession of it cer·tif·i·cat·ed security [sər-ti-fə-kā-təd-] : a security that belongs to or is divisible into a class or series o...
certificate
certificate 1 a : a document containing a certified statement esp. as to the truth of something [a birth ] b : a document certifying that a person has fulfilled the requirements of and may practice in a specified field [a teaching ] 2 : certification [the signature…constitutes a that the attorney or party has read the document "U.S. Code"] 3 : a document that is proof of ownership or indebtedness [stock s] [gold s] [sər-ti-fi-kāt] vt -cat·ed -cat·ing : to testify or authorize by a certificate ;esp : to recognize as having met special qualifications (as of a governmental agency or professional board) within a field see also certificated security at security cer·tif·i·ca·to·ry [-kə-tȯr-ē] adj ...
conveyancing
conveyancing : the act or business of drawing up conveyances (as deeds or leases) con·vey·an·cer n ...
decertify
decertify -fied -fy·ing : to withdraw or revoke the certification of [decertified the class action suit] ;esp : to withdraw the certification of (a labor union) as a collective bargaining agent [petitions to the union] NOTE: The National Labor Relations Board will decertify a union after an election in which the majority of members do not support the union or after participation in an illegal strike. de·cer·ti·fi·ca·tion [dē-sər-tə-fə-kā-shən] n ...
CER
a conditioned emotional response an emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning...
Corn Sales Act, 1921 (English)
Corn Sales Act, 1921 (English), provides, with cer-tain exceptions, that all sales of corn (i.e., wheat, barley, oats, rye, maize, and the bran and meal therefrom) shall be by weight and in terms of and by reference to the one hundred weight of 112 imperial standard pounds, otherwise transactions are null and void. The Act also applies to dried peas, dried beans, linseed and potatoes, and to the seeds of grass, clover, vetches, Swedes, field turnips, rape, filed cabbages, field kale, field kohl-rabi, mangels, beet and sugarbeet, flax and sainfoin. By s. 5 ibid. the price and value under any Act, award, or instrument of an imperial bushel shall have effect as if the price or value were calculated on that of sixty imperial pounds of wheat, fifty of barley and thirty nine of oats....
Insurance
Insurance, see, Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), s. 80C, Expl. 1.Insurance, the act of providing against a possible loss, by entering into a contract with one who is willing to give assurance, that is, to bind himself to make good such loss should it occur. In this contract, the chances of benefit are equal to the insured and the insurer. The first actually pays a certain sum, and the latter undertakes to pay a larger, if an accident should happen. The one renders his property secure; the other receives money with the probability that it is clear gain. The instrument by which the contract is made is called a policy; the stipulated consideration, a premium. As to what is known as a coupon policy, i.e., a coupon cut out of a diary, etc., see General Accident, etc., Assce. Corpn. v. Robertson, 1909 AC 404.Insurable Interest must be possessed by the person taking out a policy; he must be so circumstanced as to have benefit from the existence of the person or thing insured, and some preju...
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