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Kickback
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Kickback1) In the context of finance, refers to compensation of dealers by sales finance companies for discounting installment purchase paper. 2) In the context of contracts, refers to secret payments made to insure that the contract goes to a specific firm.
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Finance
Funds and their provision and management; to provide funds.
Compensation
Arrangement under which the delivery of goods to a party is paid for by buying back a certain amount of the product from the recipient of the goods.
Discounting
Calculating the present value of a future amount. Discounting is opposite to compounding.
Purchase
Buy; be long; have an ownership position.
Paper
Money market instruments, commercial paper, and other.
Contract
A term of reference describing a unit of trading for a financial or commodity future. Also, the actual bilateral agreement between the buyer and seller of a transaction as defined by an exchange.
Firm
1) Refers to an order to buy or sell that can be executed without confirmation for some fixed period. 2) A synonym for company.
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Kick Energy
Kick Energy is one of Canada's largest companies.
Kicker
A right, warrant, or some other feature added to a debt instrument to make it more desirable to potential investors.
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Key person insurance
A type of life insurance policy that a company purchases on the life of the company's key executive.
Key rate
Interest rate fixed by the Federal Bank for the issuance of Federal Bank money. The key rates influence the money market interest rate level.
Key rate duration
Holding all other maturities constant, this measures the sensitivity of a security or value of a portfolio to a 1% change in yield for a given maturity.
Keynesian economics
A term used to describe the economic theories of John Maynard Keynes. A key feature is the assumption that fiscal policies are important determinants of short- run economic activity.
Keynesianism
The belief that government intervention in the economy is sometimes necessary as the market system does not automatically lead to full employment.
Kickback
Kicker
A right, warrant, or some other feature added to a debt instrument to make it more desirable to potential investors.
Kiddie tax
In the US, a tax imposed on the investment income of children under the age of 14 where such income exceeds a certain level.
Killer bees
Those who help a company fend off a takeover attempt with the use of defensive strategies.
KISS
A quotation information service system registering and transmitting real-time quotations on the Frankfurt stock market.
Kiting
1) Used in banking to refer to the practice of depositing and drawing checks at two or more banks and taking advantage of the time it takes for the second bank to collect funds from the first bank. 2) Also refers to illegally increasing the face value of a check by changing the numbers on the check. 3) In the context of securities, refers to the manipulation and inflation of stock prices.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Finance
Funds and their provision and management; to provide funds.
Compensation
Arrangement under which the delivery of goods to a party is paid for by buying back a certain amount of the product from the recipient of the goods.
Discounting
Calculating the present value of a future amount. Discounting is opposite to compounding.
Purchase
Buy; be long; have an ownership position.
Paper
Money market instruments, commercial paper, and other.
Contract
A term of reference describing a unit of trading for a financial or commodity future. Also, the actual bilateral agreement between the buyer and seller of a transaction as defined by an exchange.
Firm
1) Refers to an order to buy or sell that can be executed without confirmation for some fixed period. 2) A synonym for company.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Kick Energy
Kick Energy is one of Canada's largest companies.
Kicker
A right, warrant, or some other feature added to a debt instrument to make it more desirable to potential investors.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Key person insurance
A type of life insurance policy that a company purchases on the life of the company's key executive.
Key rate
Interest rate fixed by the Federal Bank for the issuance of Federal Bank money. The key rates influence the money market interest rate level.
Key rate duration
Holding all other maturities constant, this measures the sensitivity of a security or value of a portfolio to a 1% change in yield for a given maturity.
Keynesian economics
A term used to describe the economic theories of John Maynard Keynes. A key feature is the assumption that fiscal policies are important determinants of short- run economic activity.
Keynesianism
The belief that government intervention in the economy is sometimes necessary as the market system does not automatically lead to full employment.
Kickback
Kicker
A right, warrant, or some other feature added to a debt instrument to make it more desirable to potential investors.
Kiddie tax
In the US, a tax imposed on the investment income of children under the age of 14 where such income exceeds a certain level.
Killer bees
Those who help a company fend off a takeover attempt with the use of defensive strategies.
KISS
A quotation information service system registering and transmitting real-time quotations on the Frankfurt stock market.
Kiting
1) Used in banking to refer to the practice of depositing and drawing checks at two or more banks and taking advantage of the time it takes for the second bank to collect funds from the first bank. 2) Also refers to illegally increasing the face value of a check by changing the numbers on the check. 3) In the context of securities, refers to the manipulation and inflation of stock prices.
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