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Accretion-Directed Bond

A collateralized mortgage obligation (CMO) whose principal redemption is paid out of payments from an accrual bond or a Z-bond....

Adjustable Rate Bond

A bond that has a floating rate interest- that is, an interest rate that adjusts periodically (monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, etc.)...

Ability to Pay (Taxation)

A taxation principle which maintains that the amount of taxes should vary with the levels of wealth or income. That...

Ability to Pay

Broadly speaking, it is the borrower’s ability to fulfill current and future debt obligations by making timely principal and interest...

Alienation of Assets

The sale of collateralized assets. It is a process that involves a borrower's realization of the partial or full value...

Asset Alienation

The sale of collateralized assets. It is a process that involves a borrower's realization of the partial or full value...

Accounting Insolvency

A situation that arises when the total liabilities of a company to its creditors exceed its total assets. A firm...

Accounting Earnings

Earnings of a company which are reported on its income statement. In other words, accounting earnings refer to the amount...

Accounting Profit

The net income which is earned and calculated over a designated period of time according to accounting principles (such as...

ARR

It stands for accounting rate of return; the ratio of return before interest and taxes to the capital employed as...