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Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
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Certified Public Accountant (CPA)An accountant who has met certain standards, including experience, age, and licensing, and passed exams in a particular state.
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Licensing
Selling the right to a manufacturing process, trademark, patent, etc., usually in a foreign market.
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Certainty equivalent
An amount that would be accepted today (risk free) in lieu of a chance to receive a possibly higher, but uncertain, amount.
Certainty equivalent return
The certain (zero risk) return an investor would trade for a given (larger) return with an associated risk.
Certicom Corp.
Certicom Corp. is one of Canada's largest companies.
Certificate
A formal document used to record a fact and used as proof of the fact, such as stock certificates, that evidence ownership of stock in a corporation.
Certificate of Accrual on Treasury Securities (CATS)
Refers to a zero-coupon US Treasury issue that is sold at a deep discount from the face value and pays no coupon interest during its lifetime, but returns the full face value at maturity.
Certificate of deduction of tax
A certificate, issued by a building society or bank (in accordance with Section 352 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988) to its customers with interest bearing accounts, in which gross interest, tax deducted and net interest are depicted.
Certificate of deposit (CD)
A certificate, issued by a bank to a depositor, indicating a sum of money has been deposited for a specified term and on which interest is paid.
Certificate of origin
A document certifying the country of origin for goods sold internationally.
Certificateless municipals
Municipal bonds with one certificate which is valid for the entire issue, and having no individual certificates, easing transactions.
Certificates of Amortized Revolving Debt (CARD)
Pass-through securities backed by credit card receivables.
Certificates of Automobile Receivables (CAR)
Pass-through securities backed by automobile loan receivables.
Certified check
A bank guaranteed check for which funds are immediately withdrawn, and for which the bank is legally liable.
CERTIFIED Credit Union
CERTIFIED is a credit union with head office in COMMERCE, CA
Certified Financial Planner (CFP)
A person who has passed examinations accredited by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, showing that the person is able to manage a client's banking, estate, insurance, investment, and tax affairs.
Certified financial statements
Financial statements that include an accountant's opinion.
Certipost
Certipost is a major Belgian company.
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Certificates of Amortized Revolving Debt (CARD)
Pass-through securities backed by credit card receivables.
Certificates of Automobile Receivables (CAR)
Pass-through securities backed by automobile loan receivables.
Certified check
A bank guaranteed check for which funds are immediately withdrawn, and for which the bank is legally liable.
Certified Financial Planner (CFP)
A person who has passed examinations accredited by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, showing that the person is able to manage a client's banking, estate, insurance, investment, and tax affairs.
Certified financial statements
Financial statements that include an accountant's opinion.
Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
Chair of the board
Highest-ranking member of a Board of Directors, who presides over its meetings and who is often the most powerful officer of a corporation.
Changes in financial position
Sources and uses of funds provided from operations that alter a company's cash flow position: depreciation, deferred taxes, other sources, and capital expenditures.
Chaos
A deterministic non-linear dynamic system that can produce random looking results. A chaotic system must have a fractal dimension, and exhibit sensitive dependence on initial conditions.
Chapter 11
In the US a company can file for protection under Chapter 11 of the country's bankruptcy laws. The company continues to operate under existing management while working with its creditors to reorganize the business. Note that there are different Chapters, with different implications.
Chapter 7 Proceedings
Provisions of the Bankruptcy Reform Act under which the debtor firm's assets are liquidated by a court because reorganization would fail to establish a profitable business.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Licensing
Selling the right to a manufacturing process, trademark, patent, etc., usually in a foreign market.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Certainty equivalent
An amount that would be accepted today (risk free) in lieu of a chance to receive a possibly higher, but uncertain, amount.
Certainty equivalent return
The certain (zero risk) return an investor would trade for a given (larger) return with an associated risk.
Certicom Corp.
Certicom Corp. is one of Canada's largest companies.
Certificate
A formal document used to record a fact and used as proof of the fact, such as stock certificates, that evidence ownership of stock in a corporation.
Certificate of Accrual on Treasury Securities (CATS)
Refers to a zero-coupon US Treasury issue that is sold at a deep discount from the face value and pays no coupon interest during its lifetime, but returns the full face value at maturity.
Certificate of deduction of tax
A certificate, issued by a building society or bank (in accordance with Section 352 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988) to its customers with interest bearing accounts, in which gross interest, tax deducted and net interest are depicted.
Certificate of deposit (CD)
A certificate, issued by a bank to a depositor, indicating a sum of money has been deposited for a specified term and on which interest is paid.
Certificate of origin
A document certifying the country of origin for goods sold internationally.
Certificateless municipals
Municipal bonds with one certificate which is valid for the entire issue, and having no individual certificates, easing transactions.
Certificates of Amortized Revolving Debt (CARD)
Pass-through securities backed by credit card receivables.
Certificates of Automobile Receivables (CAR)
Pass-through securities backed by automobile loan receivables.
Certified check
A bank guaranteed check for which funds are immediately withdrawn, and for which the bank is legally liable.
CERTIFIED Credit Union
CERTIFIED is a credit union with head office in COMMERCE, CA
Certified Financial Planner (CFP)
A person who has passed examinations accredited by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, showing that the person is able to manage a client's banking, estate, insurance, investment, and tax affairs.
Certified financial statements
Financial statements that include an accountant's opinion.
Certipost
Certipost is a major Belgian company.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Certificates of Amortized Revolving Debt (CARD)
Pass-through securities backed by credit card receivables.
Certificates of Automobile Receivables (CAR)
Pass-through securities backed by automobile loan receivables.
Certified check
A bank guaranteed check for which funds are immediately withdrawn, and for which the bank is legally liable.
Certified Financial Planner (CFP)
A person who has passed examinations accredited by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, showing that the person is able to manage a client's banking, estate, insurance, investment, and tax affairs.
Certified financial statements
Financial statements that include an accountant's opinion.
Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
Chair of the board
Highest-ranking member of a Board of Directors, who presides over its meetings and who is often the most powerful officer of a corporation.
Changes in financial position
Sources and uses of funds provided from operations that alter a company's cash flow position: depreciation, deferred taxes, other sources, and capital expenditures.
Chaos
A deterministic non-linear dynamic system that can produce random looking results. A chaotic system must have a fractal dimension, and exhibit sensitive dependence on initial conditions.
Chapter 11
In the US a company can file for protection under Chapter 11 of the country's bankruptcy laws. The company continues to operate under existing management while working with its creditors to reorganize the business. Note that there are different Chapters, with different implications.
Chapter 7 Proceedings
Provisions of the Bankruptcy Reform Act under which the debtor firm's assets are liquidated by a court because reorganization would fail to establish a profitable business.
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