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Lay off
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Lay off1) When a company eliminates jobs regardless of how good the employees' performance. 2) A risk reduction, made by investment bankers, that minimizes the potential downside associated with a commitment to purchase and sell a stock issue unsubscribed by stockholders holding rights.
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Company
A proprietorship, partnership, corporation, or other form of enterprise that engages in business.
Risk
The possibility of loss; the amount that one may lose when investing.
Investment
The purchase of materials, machines, property, securities, etc. in order to produce income or profits.
Associated
ASSOCIATED is a credit union with head office in ELKHART, IN
Commitment
Describes a trader's obligation to accept or make delivery on a futures contract.
Purchase
Buy; be long; have an ownership position.
Stock
US equivalent of the British word "share", a block of shares with a nominal value of 100, or various kinds of fixed-interest securities; in Britain, goods stored ready for sale, raw materials, work in progress and finished but unsold products.
Issue
To offer securities for sale to the general public; a quantity of securities offered to the public.
Unsubscribed
Newly issued securities that have not seen much interest, or subscriptions, from investors ahead of the issue date or have not been offered by brokerages.
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Law of diminishing returns
A decreasing amount of extra output is gained when extra units of a varying input are added to a fixed input.
Law of downward sloping demand
Demand generally decreases when prices increase.
Law of large numbers
The mean of a random sample approaches the mean (expected value) of the population as sample size increases.
Law of one price
An economic rule stating that a given security must have the same price no matter how the security is created.
Lawer
Anyone who practices the law as a profession.
Lay off
Layered trusts
Trusts placed in series where the beneficiary of the first trust is the second trust; used for privacy.
Layering
May be achieved with numerous combinations of entities.
Layup
Used in the context of general equities. Easily executed trade or order.
Lead
Payment of a financial obligation earlier than is expected or required.
Lead arranger
The senior tier of arranger
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Company
A proprietorship, partnership, corporation, or other form of enterprise that engages in business.
Risk
The possibility of loss; the amount that one may lose when investing.
Investment
The purchase of materials, machines, property, securities, etc. in order to produce income or profits.
Associated
ASSOCIATED is a credit union with head office in ELKHART, IN
Commitment
Describes a trader's obligation to accept or make delivery on a futures contract.
Purchase
Buy; be long; have an ownership position.
Stock
US equivalent of the British word "share", a block of shares with a nominal value of 100, or various kinds of fixed-interest securities; in Britain, goods stored ready for sale, raw materials, work in progress and finished but unsold products.
Issue
To offer securities for sale to the general public; a quantity of securities offered to the public.
Unsubscribed
Newly issued securities that have not seen much interest, or subscriptions, from investors ahead of the issue date or have not been offered by brokerages.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Law of diminishing returns
A decreasing amount of extra output is gained when extra units of a varying input are added to a fixed input.
Law of downward sloping demand
Demand generally decreases when prices increase.
Law of large numbers
The mean of a random sample approaches the mean (expected value) of the population as sample size increases.
Law of one price
An economic rule stating that a given security must have the same price no matter how the security is created.
Lawer
Anyone who practices the law as a profession.
Lay off
Layered trusts
Trusts placed in series where the beneficiary of the first trust is the second trust; used for privacy.
Layering
May be achieved with numerous combinations of entities.
Layup
Used in the context of general equities. Easily executed trade or order.
Lead
Payment of a financial obligation earlier than is expected or required.
Lead arranger
The senior tier of arranger
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