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Paying Agent
Definition: An agent who makes principal and interest payments to bondholders on behalf of the issuer.
Definition: An agent who makes principal and interest payments to bondholders on behalf of the issuer.
Payment Date
Definition: The date on which shareholders of record will be sent a check for the declared dividend.
Definition: The date on which shareholders of record will be sent a check for the declared dividend.
Payment-in-kind (PIK) Bond
Definition: A bond that gives the issuer an option (during an initial period) either to make coupon payments in cash or in the form of additional bonds.
Definition: A bond that gives the issuer an option (during an initial period) either to make coupon payments in cash or in the form of additional bonds.
Payments Netting
Definition: Reducing fund transfers between affiliates to only a netted amount. Netting can occur on a bilateral basis (between pairs of affiliates), or on a multi-lateral basis (taking all affiliates together).
Definition: Reducing fund transfers between affiliates to only a netted amount. Netting can occur on a bilateral basis (between pairs of affiliates), or on a multi-lateral basis (taking all affiliates together).
Payments Pattern
Definition: Describes the collection pattern of receivables. The pattern might describe the probability that a 72-day-old account will still be unpaid when it is 73 days-old.
Definition: Describes the collection pattern of receivables. The pattern might describe the probability that a 72-day-old account will still be unpaid when it is 73 days-old.
Payments System
Definition: Collective term for mechanisms (both paper-backed and electronic) for moving funds, payments and money among financial institutions throughout the nation. The Federal Reserve plays a major role in the nation's payments system through distribution of currency and coin, processing of checks, electronic transfer of funds and the operation of automated clearinghouses that transfer funds electronically among depository intitutions; various private organizations also perform payments system functions.
Definition: Collective term for mechanisms (both paper-backed and electronic) for moving funds, payments and money among financial institutions throughout the nation. The Federal Reserve plays a major role in the nation's payments system through distribution of currency and coin, processing of checks, electronic transfer of funds and the operation of automated clearinghouses that transfer funds electronically among depository intitutions; various private organizations also perform payments system functions.
Payoff
Definition: A resolution method for a failed bank or thrift in which the FDIC directly pays the insured amount of each insured depositor. Also known as a deposit payoff. (Also see deposit payoff, insured deposit payoff, and straight deposit payoff.)
Definition: A resolution method for a failed bank or thrift in which the FDIC directly pays the insured amount of each insured depositor. Also known as a deposit payoff. (Also see deposit payoff, insured deposit payoff, and straight deposit payoff.)
Payoff Diagram
Definition: In option pricing, a graph of the value of the option position at expiration as a function of the underlying asset price.
Definition: In option pricing, a graph of the value of the option position at expiration as a function of the underlying asset price.
Payoff Profile
Definition: The slope of a line graphed according to the value of an underlying asset on the x-axis and the value of a position taken to hedge against risk exposure on the y-axis. Also used with changes in value. See: Risk profile.
Definition: The slope of a line graphed according to the value of an underlying asset on the x-axis and the value of a position taken to hedge against risk exposure on the y-axis. Also used with changes in value. See: Risk profile.
Payout Period
Definition: The time period during which withdrawals from a retirement account or annuity are paid.
Definition: The time period during which withdrawals from a retirement account or annuity are paid.
Payout Ratio
Definition: Generally, the proportion of earnings paid out to the common stockholders as dividends. Morespecifically, the firm's cash dividend divided by the firm's earnings in the same reporting period.
Definition: Generally, the proportion of earnings paid out to the common stockholders as dividends. Morespecifically, the firm's cash dividend divided by the firm's earnings in the same reporting period.
Peak
Definition: The high point at the end of an economic expansion until the start of a contraction.
Definition: The high point at the end of an economic expansion until the start of a contraction.
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