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Licensed Warehouse
Definition: A warehouse approved by an exchange from which a commodity may be delivered on a futures contract. See Regular Warehouse.
Definition: A warehouse approved by an exchange from which a commodity may be delivered on a futures contract. See Regular Warehouse.
Licensing
Definition: Arrangement in which a local firm in the host country produces goods in accordance with another firm's (the licensing firm's>) specifications; as the goods are sold, the local firm can retain part of the earnings.
Definition: Arrangement in which a local firm in the host country produces goods in accordance with another firm's (the licensing firm's>) specifications; as the goods are sold, the local firm can retain part of the earnings.
Lien
Definition: A security interest in one or more assets that lenders hold in exchange for secured debtfinancing.
Definition: A security interest in one or more assets that lenders hold in exchange for secured debtfinancing.
Life Annuity
Definition: An annuity that pays a fixed amount for the lifetime of the annuitant.
Definition: An annuity that pays a fixed amount for the lifetime of the annuitant.
Life Cycle
Definition: The lifetime of a product or business, from its creation to its demise or transformation.
Definition: The lifetime of a product or business, from its creation to its demise or transformation.
Life Estate
Definition: A legal arrangement whereby the beneficiary (the "life tenant") is entitled to the use of or the income from a particular property during the lifetime of the beneficiary. Upon the death of the life tenant, the property will go to the holder of the remainder or reversionary interest.
Definition: A legal arrangement whereby the beneficiary (the "life tenant") is entitled to the use of or the income from a particular property during the lifetime of the beneficiary. Upon the death of the life tenant, the property will go to the holder of the remainder or reversionary interest.
Life Expectancy
Definition: The length of time that an average person is expected to live, which is used by insurance companies use to make projections of benefit payouts.
Definition: The length of time that an average person is expected to live, which is used by insurance companies use to make projections of benefit payouts.
Life Insurance
Definition: An insurance policy that pays a monetary benefit to the insured person's survivors after death.
Definition: An insurance policy that pays a monetary benefit to the insured person's survivors after death.
Life Insurance In Force
Definition: The dollar amount of life insurance that a company has issued, measured as the sum of policy face values and dividends paid.
Definition: The dollar amount of life insurance that a company has issued, measured as the sum of policy face values and dividends paid.
Life Insurance Policy
Definition: The contract that sets out the terms of life insurance coverage.
Definition: The contract that sets out the terms of life insurance coverage.
Life Of Contract
Definition: Period between the beginning of trading in a particular futures contract and the expiration of trading. In some cases, this phrase denotes the period already passed in which trading has already occurred. For example, "The life-of-contract high so far is $2.50." Same as Life of Delivery or Life of the Future.
Definition: Period between the beginning of trading in a particular futures contract and the expiration of trading. In some cases, this phrase denotes the period already passed in which trading has already occurred. For example, "The life-of-contract high so far is $2.50." Same as Life of Delivery or Life of the Future.
Lifetime Reverse Mortgage
Definition: A type of mortgage in which a homeowner borrows against the value a home, while retaining title, and making no payments while residing in the home. When the owner ceases living in the house, the property is sold, and the loan repaid.
Definition: A type of mortgage in which a homeowner borrows against the value a home, while retaining title, and making no payments while residing in the home. When the owner ceases living in the house, the property is sold, and the loan repaid.
Lifted
Definition: Refers to over-the-counter trading. Having an offer taken in a stock, followed by the market maker raising the offer price.
Definition: Refers to over-the-counter trading. Having an offer taken in a stock, followed by the market maker raising the offer price.
Lifting A Leg
Definition: Closing out one side of a long-short arbitrage before the other is closed.
Definition: Closing out one side of a long-short arbitrage before the other is closed.
Lighten Up
Definition: Selling some part of a stock or bond position in a portfolio to realize capital gains or to losses or increase cash assets.
Definition: Selling some part of a stock or bond position in a portfolio to realize capital gains or to losses or increase cash assets.
Limit (Up Or Down)
Definition: The maximum price advance or decline from the previous day's settlement price permitted during one trading session, as fixed by the rules of an exchange. In some futures contracts, the limit may be expanded or removed during a trading session a specified period of time after the contract is locked limit. See Daily Price Limit.
Definition: The maximum price advance or decline from the previous day's settlement price permitted during one trading session, as fixed by the rules of an exchange. In some futures contracts, the limit may be expanded or removed during a trading session a specified period of time after the contract is locked limit. See Daily Price Limit.
Limit Cycles
Definition: An attractor for non-linear dynamic systems which has periodic cycles or orbits in phase space. An example is an undamped pendulum which will have a closed circle orbit equal to the amplitude of the pendulum's swing. See: Attractor, Phase Space.
Definition: An attractor for non-linear dynamic systems which has periodic cycles or orbits in phase space. An example is an undamped pendulum which will have a closed circle orbit equal to the amplitude of the pendulum's swing. See: Attractor, Phase Space.
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