The price of a hard asset like land. It is different from any costs associated with financial issues.
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HARD CURRENCY
A currency that is stable and have investor’s confidence. It is payment without extreme rate changes.
HARD DOLLAR [OR ANY OTHER CURRENCY]
Cash rather than a benefit or claim. AKA cold cash or hard money.
HARD DOLLARS
Direct payments made by clients to financial institutions for services rendered . In commercial banking a client may pay a fee for a credit facility; in securities a client may […]
HARD DRIVE
Magnetic data with circular patterns on a hard material. It is coated with magnetic materials and sealed. It connects to a computer’s bus using an interface card. It can be […]
HARD LABOR
A punishment, additional to mere imprisonment , sometimes imposedupon convicts sentenced to a penitentiary . But the labor is not, as a rule, any harderthan ordinary mechanical labor. Brown v. […]
HARD LANDING
A move from expansion to recession due to a restrictive monetary policy .
HARD MANUFACTURING
Using fixed production equipment to make large amounts of a product. It cannot be easily moved to make room for a new product.
HARD MARKET
An INSURANCE market cycle where INSURERS reduce the amount of coverage they are willing to write, causing supply to contract and PREMIUMS to rise. A hard market can occur by […]
HARD METAL
A metallic carbide made of tantalum, titanium, tungsten, and vanadium. It is used in tools or steels. AKA cemented carbide.
HARD MONEY
Lawful coined money. Henry v. Bank of Salina, 5 Hill (N. Y.) 523, 536.
HARD SELLING
Putting pressure on a potential client to make them make fast decisions. If the person is lazy its a good method but if they are not is is not a […]
HARD SKILLS
Strategies taught to people who want careers in finance. It takes a thick skin to handle ups and downs of the profession.
HARD TIME MAINTENANCE
When an item has to be removed before its maintenance time of the year.
HARD WATER
Water that becomes scum and scale. It interferes with the industrial process. It is alkaline because of small amounts of inorganic compounds from soil and rocks. It can be temporary […]
HARD-TO-BORROW LIST
Stocks and bonds that are not easily found for trade.
HARDBOARD
A panel of compressed wook and binding material with one smooth surface. It is between 50-80lbs/ft3.
HARDCOVER
A publicatin with a signature stitched between two pieces of board covered. AKA clothbound, hardback, or hardbound. Refer to soft cover.
HARDENING
The way a material gets harder by heat treatment or cold forming .
HARDHAT
1.metal or not plastic helmet needed on construciton and industrial work. 2. a person who works in a hard hat zone.
HARDHEIDIS
In old Scotch law . Lions; coins formerly of the value of three halfpence.1 I’itc. Crim. Tr. pt. 1, p. 64, note.
HARDNESS
1. the resistance of a material to changes and drilling. It is a hardness test with no standard scale. Each test has its own measure. Refer to Mohs’ hardness scale […]
HARDSHIP
The severity with which a proposed construction of the law would bearupon a particular case, founding, sometimes, an argument against such construction,which is otherwise termed the ” argument ab inconvenienti […]
HARDSHIP CASES
This term applies to case that often have extenuating circumstances where a lenient stance is taken by the court.
HARDWARE
1. a manufactured item, fasteners, fittings, and construction industry needs. 2. the equipment that is in a computer system . It can be a keyboard or mouse.