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Credit reference agencyWhen assessing your application, a mortgage lender will study your records. These records are held centrally by credit reference agencies, and contain information for many different aspects of your life.Credit reference agencyAn agency which holds information about the credit reliability of consumers and makes the information available at a fee to companies offering credit terms (e.g. credit card companies, mail order companies).Similar MatchesHomothetic preferencesHomothetic preferencesTogether with identical preferences, this assumption is used for many propositions in trade theory, in order to assure that consumers with different incomes but facing the same prices will demand goods in the same proportions. Cumulative preference sharesCumulative preference sharesWhen a company fails to pay a dividend, holders of cumulative preference shares are entitled to receive this missed payment when a dividend is next declared. This rule is cumulative and they are also entitled to the current dividend provided sufficient cash is available. These payments receive priority over the claims of ordinary shareholders. Liquidity preference hypothesisLiquidity preference hypothesisThe argument that greater liquidity is valuable, all else equal. Also, the theory that the forward rate exceeds expected future interest rates. Tariff preferenceTariff preferenceA lower (or zero) tariff on a product from one country than is applied to imports from most countries. This violation of the MFN principle is permitted in special cases, including some preferential trade arrangements and the GSP. Generalized System of PreferencesGeneralized System of PreferencesTariff preferences for developing countries, by which developed countries let certain manufactured and semi-manufactured imports from developing countries enter at lower tariffs than the same products from developed countries. Further SuggestionsWeak axiom of revealed preferenceReference rate redeemable preference shares participating preference shares trade reference Preference for variety Reference price banker's reference Revealed preference Identical preferences Preferences Mortgage reference fee Community preferences Loan Preference Principle Preference stock preference shares accounting reference date Tax preference item stepped preference shares Involuntary liquidation preference Preference share |
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