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| administration |
| A company which is in severe trouble, but still with some hope of recovery, may be put into the charge of a court-appointed administrator. Going into administration means the company cannot be wound u (More) |
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| administrative receiver |
| An insolvency practitioner appointed when a company goes into receivership. If a company is unsalvageable, it may go straight to administrative receivership, presided over by an administrative receive (More) |
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| adverse credit |
| Any information held by credit reference agencies,that shows an entry referring to Arrears on any finance agreement, County Court Judgements, Defaults, Individual Voluntary Arrangement or Bankruptcy w (More) |
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| amortisation |
| An annual charge made in a company's profit and loss account to reduce the value of an asset to zero over a period of years.
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| amortization period |
| the period or length of time over which the principal portion of a mortgage loan is scheduled to be paid down through periodic payments. |
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| apr |
| Abbreviation for Annual Percentage Rate. Where an APR is quoted it will be based on the total charge for credit including fees and other charges for arranging a mortgage or loan. Use this figure when (More) |
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| arrears |
| When a mortgage holder falls behind on their mortgage payments the missed payments are known as "arrears", a mortgage account which has outstanding missed payments is know to be "in arrears". An arrea (More) |
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| articles of association |
| The document which lists the regulations that govern the running of a company. Articles of Association will cover things like:
main business and purposes of the company
shareholder's voting righ (More) |
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| assets |
| The main sense in which the term asset is used is to describe anything owned by an individual or business which has a monetary value. Some assets are relatively easy to measure - debtors, cash, stock (More) |
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| assignment (assign) |
| The transfer of ownership of an item from one person to another. The 'item' may be tangible or intangible - for instance the benefit of a contract can be assigned from one of the contracting parties t (More) |
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| audit |
| The official examination of a company's accounts by a qualified accountant external to the company. |
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