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Estate Planning
Definition: The preparation of a plan to carry out an individual's wishes as to the administration and disposition of his/her property before or after his/her death.
Estate Tax
Definition: A federal or state tax imposed on an individual's assets inherited by heirs.
Estimated Tax
Definition: Tax to be paid quarterly on income that is not subject to withholding tax, including self-employed income, investment income, alimony, rent, and capital gains.
ET
Definition: The two-character ISO 3166 country code for ETHIOPIA.
ETB
Definition: The ISO 4217 currency code for the Ethiopian Birr.
Ethereum
Definition: A decentralized platform that lets people build and run applications on a global blockchain network. Launched in 2015 by Vitalik Buterin and others, Ethereum goes beyond digital money—it introduced smart contracts, self-executing code that runs exactly as programmed without middlemen. This opened the door to decentralized apps (dApps), NFTs, and entire financial systems running without banks. Ether (ETH) is its native currency, used to pay for transactions and power the network. Ethereum is like a global computer that never shuts down, reshaping how we think about ownership, trust, and digital infrastructure.
Ethics
Definition: Standards of conduct or moral judgment.
Euclidean Geometry
Definition: The Plane geometry learned in high school, based upon a few ideal, smooth, symmetric shapes.
EUR
Definition: The ISO 4217 currency code for Euro.
EUREX
Definition: The European derivatives exchange formed in 1998 by a merger of the Deutsche Terminbörse (DTB) and the Swiss Options and Financial Futures Exchange (SOFFEX).
Euro
Definition: Originally, the term for a deposit made outside one's home country but denominated in the home country currency. This terminology is confusing now since the new European Currency unit, also called the Euro, was introduced on January 1, 1999.
Euro CDs
Definition: CDs issued by a U.S. bank branch or foreign bank located outside the U.S. Almost all Euro CDs are issued in London.
Euro Lines
Definition: Lines of credit granted by banks (foreign or foreign branches of U.S. banks) for Eurocurrencies.
Euro Straight
Definition: A fixed-rate coupon Eurobond.
Euro-commercial Paper
Definition: Short-term notes with maturities up to 360 days that are issued by companies in international money markets.
Euro-medium Term Note (Euro-MTN)
Definition: A nonunderwritten Euronote issued directly to the market. Euro-MTNs are offered continuously rather than all at once as a bond issue is. Most Euro-MTN maturities are under five years.
Euro-note
Definition: Short- to medium-term debt instrument sold in the Eurocurrency market.
Euro.NM
Definition: Created on March 1, 1996, Euro.NM is a pan- network of regulated markets dedicated to growth companies, regardless of their sector of activity or country of origin. Euro.NM member exchanges and their respective new markets consist of the Paris Stock Exchange (Le Nouveau Marché), the Deutsche Börse AG (Neuer Markt), the Amsterdam Exchanges (NMAX), and the Brussels Stock Exchange (Euro.NM Belgium).
Eurobank
Definition: A bank that regularly accepts foreign currency-denominated deposits and makes foreign currency loans.
Eurobond
Definition: A bond that is (1) underwritten by an international syndicate, (2) issued simultaneously to investors in a number of countries, and (3) issued outside the jurisdiction of any single country. Eurobonds are often bearer bonds.
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