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Cash Settlement

The process by which the terms of an option contract are fulifilled through the payment or receipt in dollars of the amount by which the option is in-the-money as opposed to delivering or receiving the underlying stock.

Cash settlement

Deals on an exchange where investors are obliged to settle immediately rather than on account.An expression used in futures and options trading which applies when physical delivery is impractical and contracts are settled by attaching a monetary value.



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Regular way settlement

Regular way settlement

In the money and bond markets, the standard basis on which some security trades are settled is that the delivery of the securities purchased is made against payment in Fed funds on the day following the transaction.


Settlement rate

Settlement rate

The rate suggested in Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) 87 for discounting the obligations of a pension plan. The rate at which the pension benefits could be effectively settled if the company sponsoring the pension plan wishes to terminate its pension obligation.


Exercise settlement amount

Exercise settlement amount

The difference between the exercise price fo the option and the exercise settlement value of the index on the day an exercise notice is tendered, multiplied by the index multiplier.


Insurance settlement

Insurance settlement

The payment of proceeds by an insurance company to the insured to settle an insurance claim within the guidelines stipulated in the insurance policy.


Settlement

Settlement

When payment is made for a trade.


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