Default

If the defendant does not answer the plaintiff's complaint, the plaintiff can finish the case without the defendant's participation by requesting the court to enter a default. ...

default

Personal life; Divorce

Failure to respond in the prescribed manner within a given period of time. The Respondent in a Petition for Dissolution is said to be in default if he or she failed to respond ...

default

Education; SAT vocabulary

The neglect or omission of a legal requirement.

dirty floating

Banking; Investment banking

Currency policy which in principle recognizes the free movement of exchange rates but where interventions are nonetheless made with some frequency in an attempt to influence the ...

economic viability

Banking; Investment banking

Credit system mainly used in property financing and defined as the burden on the borrower's income (expressed as a percentage) that the cost of a property will incur.

summary bill enforcement procedure

Banking; Investment banking

Especially rapid summary bankruptcy proceedings brought against bill and cheque debtors whose names are entered in the commercial register.

share index

Banking; Investment banking

Indicator showing changes in the average prices of shares or groups of shares on the stock market. In Switzerland the most commonly used equity price indices are the Swiss ...

benchmark

Banking; Investment banking

Reference parameter (e.g. a share index or an index portfolio) used to compare the performance of a portfolio. A benchmark that is an index is also called a reference index.

standing order

Banking; Investment banking

Payment product which enables the client to give an order to the bank to make regular payments for the same amount and execution date.

Terms in the News

Featured Terms

Harry8L

0
Terms
0
Blossaries
1
Followers

Industry/Domain: History Category: World history

Lhasa

Capital of Tibet since the 9th century. Originally it had little political significance but was of great religious importance. In 1642 it became the ...