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Pot Is Clean
Definition: Phrase used when managing underwriter has sold the entire pot.
Potential Default
Definition: A condition where a default may occur in time.
Power Of Appointment
Definition: The right given to a person to control the disposition of property from a trust or estate. The power may be very broad or limited depending on the trust terms.
Power Of Attorney
Definition: A written authorization allowing a person to perform certain acts on behalf of another, such as moving of assets between accounts or trading for a person's benefit.
Power To Control
Definition: Defined in irc § 674 as the ability of a grantor or nonadverse party to control the beneficial enjoyment of the corpus or the income therefrom without the approval of any adverse party. This results in the grantor being treated as the owner of the portion of the trust to which this beneficial enjoyment applies.
PR
Definition: The two-character ISO 3166 country code for PUERTO RICO.
Praecipium
Definition: The amount of the front-end fee not distributed to the joining members of a syndication.
Pre Carriage
Definition: Usually freight charges for port or airport delivery arising before the principal international carriage.
Pre Shipment Finance
Definition: Short term funding for inventory and production costs associated with manufacturing goods being exported.
Pre-Money Valuation
Definition: The value of a company just before its most recent round of financing. Related: Post-Money Valuation
Pre-sold Issue
Definition: An issue that is sold out before the coupon announcement.
Pre-tax Contribution
Definition: Payment to an account made with funds from a worker's paycheck before federal income taxes are deducted.
Pre-trade Benchmarks
Definition: Prices occurring before or at the decision to trade.
Prearranged Trading
Definition: Possibly fraudulent practice whereby commodities dealers carry out risk-free trades at predetermined prices to acquire tax advantages.
Preauthorized Checks (PAC)
Definition: Checks that are authorized by a payer in advance, and written either by the payee or by the payee's bank and then deposited in the payee's bank account.
Preauthorized Electronic Debits (PAD)
Definition: Debits to a bank account in advance by the payer. The payer's bank sends payment to the payee's bank through the Automated Clearing House (ACH) system.
Preauthorized Payment
Definition: Accelerating cash inflows by directly charging a customer's bank account with permission.
Precautionary Demand (for Money)
Definition: The need to meet unexpected or extraordinary contingencies with a buffer stock of cash.
Precautionary Motive
Definition: A desire to hold cash in order to be able to deal effectively with unexpected events that require cash outlay.
Precedence
Definition: The established system of priorities of trades in an exchange. For example, the highest bid and lowest offer have highest precedence; the first bid or first offer at a price has highest priority, and large orders have priority over smaller orders.
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