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Draw A Call
Definition: In the context of general equities, provoking a customer indication/inquiry/order by calling them up or doing large amount of the volume in a stock.
Drawback
Definition: A tax or duty rebate on imported goods that are exported at a later date.
Drawdown
Definition: The state in which the borrower obtains some of the project financing, usually progressively according to construction expenditures plus IDC.
Drawee
Definition: The party who is directed to pay as specified in a draft.
Drawer
Definition: The party initiating a draft.
Drayage
Definition: A trucking company freight charge for the pick up or delivery of an ocean container.
Dressing Up A Portfolio
Definition: Money managers' strategy to make transactions for the sole purpose of making a portfolio look good to the investor near the end of a reporting period. See: Window dressing
Drip Feed
Definition: The continual investment of capital in a small and growing company as the company needs it, rather than investing a lump sum at the company's inception.
Drive-by VC
Definition: A type of venture capitalist. In the usual model, the venture capitalist (VC) is involved in management and monitoring of the startup. A drive-by VC invests in a portfolio of startups and is often quick to exit.
Drop
Definition: Refers to over-the-counter trading. Remove from OTC trading list; hence, no longer making a market in a security.
Drop Lock
Definition: The fixing of the interest rate on a floating-rate note or preferred stock if it falls to a specified level.
Drop, The
Definition: In a dollar roll transaction, the difference between the sale price of a mortgage-backed pass-through, and its repurchase price on a future date at a predetermined price.
Drop-dead Day
Definition: The date on which a deadline is final, with no exceptions.
Drop-dead Fee
Definition: A term of British origin referring to fee that must be paid if a deal falls through because of financing issues.
DRT ("Disregard Tape") Or Not-Held Order
Definition: Absent any restrictions, a "DRT" (Not-Held Order) means any order giving the floor broker complete discretion over price and time in execution of an order, including discretion to execute all, some, or none of this order.
Dual Banking
Definition: Describes United States custom in which a bank is chartered by the state or federal government.
Dual Listing
Definition: Listing of a security on more than one exchange, thus increasing the competition for bid and offer prices, the liquidity of the securities, and the length of time the stock can be traded daily (if listed on both the east and west coasts.) See: Listed security.
Dual Syndicate Equity Offering
Definition: An international equity placement that splits the offering into two branches - domestic and foreign - and each grantee is handled by a separate lead manager.
Dual Trading
Definition: The custom of a trader on the commodities market to deal for its own account and the investor's account at the same time.
Dual-currency Issues
Definition: Eurobonds that pay coupon interest in one currency but pay the principal in a different currency.
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