Business terms starting with S

324 terms

  1. Superfund Enhanced State and Tribal Role Initiative (STROLE) The purpose of the Superfund Enhanced State and Tribal Role Initiative (STROLE) is to develop a comprehensive plan that EPA can implement to share…
  2. Superfund Job Training Initiative (SUPERJTI) The Superfund Job Training Initiative's (SuperJTI) mission is to provide or support job training opportunities for economically disadvantaged citizens…
  3. Supervised Lender A person authorized to make or take assignments of most consumer loans and residential mortgages, either under a license issued by the Administrator…
  4. Supervised Loans Consumer loans, including loans made with open-end credit, in which the finance charge is greater than 12.
  5. Supplements to wages and salaries Consists of employer contributions for employee pension and insurance funds and employer contributions for government social insurance.
  6. support For dependency test purposes, support includes food, clothing, shelter, education, medical and dental care, recreation, and transportation.
  7. Surcharge An extra charge applied to the premium by an insurance company, usually applied as a result of at-fault accidents or moving violations.
  8. Surplus lines Coverage from out-of-state companies not licensed in Texas but legally eligible to sell insurance on a "surplus lines" basis.
  9. Surrender fee A surrender fee is the penalty you owe if you withdraw money from an annuity or mutual fund within a certain time period after purchase.
  10. Surround The ornamental frame of a door or window.
  11. Survey A precise measurement of a property by a licensed surveyor, showing legal boundaries of a property and the dimensions and location of improvements.
  12. Survivorship life Survivorship life insurance, also known as a second-to-die policy, is permanent insurance that covers the lives of two people and pays the death benefit…
  13. Suspended trading Suspended trading means that an exchange has temporarily stopped trading in a particular stock or other security.
  14. Suspension The temporary disqualification of a firm or individual from contracting with the government or participating in government programs, pending the outcome…
  15. Swag A carved ornament in the form of a draped cloth or a festoon of fruit or flowers.
  16. Swap When you swap or exchange securities, you sell one security and buy a comparable one almost simultaneously.
  17. Sweat Equity A borrower's contribution to the down payment for the purchase of a property in the form of labor or services rather than cash.
  18. Sweep account A brokerage firm or bank may automatically transfer - or sweep - a client's uninvested or surplus funds into a designated account.
  19. Syndicate When a group of investment banks works together to underwrite and distribute a new security issue, they are acting as a syndicate.
  20. Syntactical Edits The loan applications will not be loaded to the FFIEC database. If they should be included on the FFIEC database, the data must be corrected.
  21. Synthetic investment A synthetic investment simulates the return of an actual investment, but the return is actually created by using a combination of financial instruments…
  22. Systematic risk Systematic risk, also called market risk, is risk that's characteristic of an entire market, a specific asset class, or a portfolio invested in that asset…
  23. Systematic withdrawal Systematic withdrawal is a method of receiving income in regular installments from your mutual fund accounts, retirement plans, or annuity contracts.
  24. systematic withdrawal plans A withdrawal feature offered by companies whereby unit holders can receive regular payment from their investments.