Liquidating regular payments at an interval over a specific period of time.
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AMORTIZED COST
A portion of costs on an asset written off as amortization or depreciation for a company. It shows the collected amortization or depreciation that has been paid to this date.
AMORTIZED LOAN
A loan that is paid by monthly installments . The payment is first placed on the interest than the balance secondly. The loan is paid off more principal closer to […]
AMORTIZING MORTGAGE
A loan that will pay itself off by the end of its terms due to the principal and interest monthly payments.
AMORTIZING SWAP
A swap where principal decreases during the life of the loan.
AMOTIO
In the civil law . A moving or taking away. “The slightest amotio is sufficient to constitute theft, if the animus furandi be clearly established.” 1 Swint 205.
AMOTION
A putting or turning out; dispossession of lands. Ouster is an amotion of possession. 3 Bl. Comm. 399, 208. A moving or carrying away; the wrongful taking of personal chattels […]
AMOUNT
The effect, substance, or result; the total or aggregate sum. Hilburn y. Railroad Co., 23 Mont 229. 58 Pac. 551; Connelly v. Telegraph Co., 100 Va. 51. 40 S. E. […]
AMOUNT AT RISK
In INSURANCE, the lesser of a POLICY CAP on a contract and the MAXIMUM PROBABLE LOSS to the INSURED. INSURERS use amount at risk to estimate potential losses within their […]
AMOUNT COVERED
In insurance. The amount that is insured, and for which underwriters are liable for loss under a policy of insurance .
AMOUNT DUE
The total money due for a good or service to be paid at the due date.
AMOUNT IN CONTROVERSY
The damages claimed or relief demanded; the amount claimed or sued for. Smith v. Giles, 05 Tex. 341 : Barber v. Kennedv, 18 Minn. 210, (Gil. 196;) Railroad Co. v. […]
AMOUNT OF DISPUTE
the monetary value that applies to the thing that is in dispute between the two litigants.
AMOUNT OF LOSS
In insurance. The diminution, destruction , or defeat of the value of, or of the charge upon, the insured subject to the assured, by the direct consequence of the operation […]
AMOUNT OUTSTANDING AND IN CIRCULATION
All currency the mint issues to be used as exchange. Coins are sold at a premium that are not included. The uncirculted coin are sold at face value and handling […]
AMOUNT REALIZED
The actual amount a good or service is sold for. Or a fair market value that an exchange costs. It is used for tax purposes.
AMOVEAS MANUS
Lat That you remove your hands. After office found, the king was entitled to the things forfeited, either lands or personal property ; the remedy for a person aggrieved was […]
AMPARO
In Spanish-American law. A document issued to a claimant of land as a protection to him, until a survey can be ordered, and the title of possession issued by an […]
AMPERE (A)
A metric unit for electric current. It is the current flowing through one volt for one ohm. It is named after the scientist who discovered it Andre Marie Ampare.
AMPLIATION
In the civil law . A deferring of judgment until a cause be further examined. Calvin.; Cowell. An order for the rehearing of a cause on a day appointed, for […]
AMPLITUDE
The most an oscillation can change equilibrium . It is the difference between the zero and peak of any wave.
AMPLITUDE MODULATION (AM)
Broadcasting signals that don’t travel far. It is imposed on a carrier wave with a signal that gets better or worse when the amplitude. Refer to frequency modulation.
AMPLIUS
In the Roman law. More; further; more time. A word which the praetor pronounced in cases where there was any obscurity in a cause, and the judices were uncertain whether […]
AMPUTATION OF RIGHT HAND
An ancient punishment for a blow given in a superior court ; or for assaulting a judge sitting in the court
AMTRAK
A train service started in 1971 that is operated by the national railroad passenger corporation . It was needed after a decline in passenger train services. Its regulated by the […]