Term life insurance — or term assurance is life insurance which provides coverage at a fixed rate of payments for a limited period of time, the relevant term. After that period expires coverage at the previous rate of premiums is no longer guaranteed and the client… … Wikipedia
preferred stockholders' contract — Term used to describe the provisions of the articles of incorporation, the bylaws, or the resolution of the board of directors, creating and defining the rights of holders of the preferred shares in question. Preferred shareholders have only very … Black's law dictionary
Preferred Habitat Theory — A term structure theory suggesting that different bond investors prefer one maturity length over another and are only willing to buy bonds outside of their maturity preference if a risk premium for the maturity range is available. The theory also … Investment dictionary
preferred stock bailout — A procedure whereby the issuance, sale, and later redemption or a preferred stock dividend was used by a shareholder to obtain long term capital gains without any loss of voting control over the corporation. In effect, therefore, the shareholder… … Black's law dictionary
term — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 word or group of words ADJECTIVE ▪ specific ▪ blanket, broad, general, generic, umbrella ▪ descriptive … Collocations dictionary
preferred — adj. Preferred is used with these nouns: ↑choice, ↑habitat, ↑means, ↑method, ↑mode, ↑option, ↑share, ↑stock, ↑stockholder, ↑supplier, ↑term … Collocations dictionary
Preferred habitat theory — A biased expectations theory that believes the term structure reflects the expectation of the future path of interest rates as well as risk premium. However, the theory rejects the assertion that the risk premium must rise uniformly with maturity … Financial and business terms
preferred habitat theory — A biased expectations theory that believes the term structure reflects the expectation of the future path of interest rates as well as risk premium. The theory rejects the assertion that the risk premium must rise uniformly with maturity, but… … Financial and business terms
preferred share — noun US term for preference share … English new terms dictionary
preferred stock — The US term for a preference share … Accounting dictionary
Floating-rate preferred — Preferred stock paying dividends that vary with short term interest rates. The New York Times Financial Glossary … Financial and business terms