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special assessment

special assessment : a specific tax levied on private property to meet the cost of public improvements that provide a special benefit enhancing the value of the property

specialty

specialized character that no market for it exists and for which value upon condemnation is determined by the cost of reproduction less depreciation used esp. in New York

spread

falls below or rises above the put or call price respectively by more than enough to cover the cost of the option ;also : the difference between the put price and call price b : a transaction

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sue-and-labor clause

property from loss or to minimize losses that occur and the insurer agrees to pay for the reasonable costs of such steps

tax

tax [Medieval Latin taxare to assess for taxation, tax, from Latin, to assess, value, fix] 1 : to assess or determine judicially the amount of (costs of an action in court) 2 : to levy a...

taxable

: that may be properly charged by the court against the plaintiff or defendant in a suit [ costs] 3 : used as the basis of a tax computation [a period] tax·abil·i·ty [tak-sə-bi-lə-tē] n

truth-in-lending act

assuring that every individual who has need for consumer credit is given full disclosure of the terms and cost of the credit. (15 U.S.C. Sec. 1601) Source: FindLaw

FIFO

most recent acquisition of each type of goods and those used up from inventory are valued at the cost of those first acquired

yield

per acre of crop 2 : the return on a financial investment usually expressed as a percentage of cost [the bond was 8 percent]

consumer price index

An index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer calculated and published by the United States Bureau of

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