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сущ.1)а) общ. безопасностьto ensure [to provide\] security — обеспечивать безопасность
See:economic security, food security, personal security, national security, national security override, security consultant, security exceptions, security zone, Container Security Initiative, Bureau of Industry and Security, Department of Homeland Security, Mutual Security Agency, Security Councilб) общ. защита, охрана (от чего-л.); гарантия, гарантированностьjob security — гарантия занятости, гарантированность сохранения рабочего места
в) пол. органы [служба\] безопасностиSee:2) фин. обеспечение, залог (имущество, используемое в качестве гарантии при кредитовании)against security — под обеспечение, под гарантию
The loan is given against security of the fixed deposit. — Заем предоставлен под обеспечение срочным депозитом.
A company borrows money against security. — Компания занимает деньги под обеспечение.
Syn:See:а) фин., обычно мн. ценная бумага (документ, который закрепляет право владения или отношения займа, может передаваться из рук в руки и является инструментом привлечения финансирования; в американском законодательстве трактуется как сделка по предоставлению денежных средств в пользование другого лица с целью извлечения прибыли, удостоверяющий такую сделку документ, а также право на его приобретение или продажу, которые характеризуются следующими обстоятельствами: а) мотивацией продавца, заключающейся в привлечении капитала, необходимого для общего использования в коммерческом предприятии продавца или для финансирования существенных инвестиций, б) мотивацией покупателя, заключающейся в получении прибыли от предоставления средств, в) выступлением инструмента в роли предмета обычной торговли, г) разумными ожиданиями покупателя о применении к инструменту федеральных законов о ценных бумагах, д) отсутствием сокращающего риск фактора, напр., выражающегося в применении к инструменту другой схемы регулирования)ATTRIBUTES [creator\]: Treasury, municipal, muni, state, local, foreign, home, home country, domestic, agency 1), federal agency 1), state agency, authority 2), private, private sector, public, public sector, public utility 2), external, internal, international, industrial, tax district, railroad, school, school district, refunding, advance refunding, equipment trust, new money 2)
ATTRIBUTES [purpose\]: tax anticipation 2), revenue anticipation, grant anticipation, bond anticipation, private activity, reorganization 2), savings, capital 2), income, guaranteed income, growth 1), war, defence, debt conversion, construction 1), infrastructure, infrastructure renewal, housing 1), manufactured housing 1), equipment trust, equipment, consolidated, mezzanine 2)
pollution control municipal securities — муниципальные ценные бумаги для реализации экологических проектов
The Company also issued $39 million of variable and fixed rate Pollution Control Securities in 1994.
ATTRIBUTES [owner\]: registered, bearer, negotiable, transferable, non-transferable, outstanding 4)
Liquidations from such a pool would require the manager to liquidate longer securities which are much more volatile.
Only the insurance companies and funds have preference for the longer-dated securities.
The Portfolio Manager is now investing some of the District’s portfolio in longer-term securities.
The government could persuade lenders to take up only about 60% of US$1.2 billion in six-month securities on offer.
Two- and 3-year securities have a minimum of $3 billion.
ATTRIBUTES [rights\]: alternate 2) б), antidilutive, assented, asset-backed, auction rate, backed, callable, closed-end mortgage, collateralized, collateral trust, combination 3) в), companion, consolidated mortgage, convertible 2) а), debenture 2) а), definitive, double-barreled 3) а), endorsed, exchange, exchangeable, extendible, federal home loan bank, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, first mortgage, general obligation, guaranteed 2) а), general mortgage home loan, insured, interchangeable, irredeemable 2) а), junior 2) б), junior lien, moral obligation, mortgage 3. 3) а), mortgage-backed, non-assented, noncallable, non-participating, open-end mortgage, parity, participating 2) а), preferred 2) а), prior lien, profit-sharing, property 2) а), putable, real estate, redeemable 3) а), revenue 3. 1) а), second lien, second mortgage, secured, senior 2) б), senior lien, serial, series 2) б), subordinated, tax increment, tranche, unassented, unsecured, z-tranche
This is a series of Frequently Asked Questions about other Special Purpose Securities handled by the Special Investments Branch.
ATTRIBUTES [currency\]: dual currency, reverse-dual currency
The Bank accepts as collateral Canadian dollar securities issued or guaranteed by the Government of Canada.
But if you have an expectation of a weakening dollar, does it still make sense to invest in US dollar-denominated securities?
ATTRIBUTES [income\]: adjustable rate, annuity, auction rate, bank-qualified, capital growth, capped, coupon-bearing, collar, collared, coupon 1), credit-sensitive, deep discount, defaulted, deferred-coupon, deferred interest, discount 1. 1), double-exempt, fixed annuity, fixed-coupon, fixed-rate, fixed-income, flat, flat income, floating rate, floored, full coupon, interest-bearing, non-interest-bearing, non-qualified, non-bank-qualified, life annuity, mismatch, original issue discount, premium 1. 1), qualified 1. 2) б), qualifying 1. 2) б), reset, split coupon, step-down, step-up, stripped, taxable, tax-credit, tax-exempt 1. 1), tax-free, tax-exempt, tax-preferred, variable-coupon, variable annuity, variable rate, zero-coupon
The prepayment rate for mortgages backing Ginnie Mae's 13 percent securities was 47.3 percent.
[high, higher, medium, low, lower\] coupon security — с [высоким, более высоким, средним, низким, более низким\] купоном [доходом\]
The State governments and their utilities had proposed issuing of low coupon securities for refinancing the SLR securities.
high [higher, medium, low, lower\] income security — с высоким [более высоким, средним, низким, более низким\] доходом
You'd be prudent to select issues with short maturities that can later be replaced with higher-income securities as interest rates rise.
high [higher, medium, low, lower\] yield security — с высокой [более высокой, средней, низкой, более низкой\] доходностью
The higher yield securities with higher risk can form the portion that you are willing to gamble.
What happens is that the company that is insured anticipates in advance and knows that low-coverage/high-premium securities will fetch lower prices.
ATTRIBUTES [creation\]: original issue discount, OID, fully paid, partly paid, private placement 2., publicly offered, when-issued
ATTRIBUTES [destruction\]: bullet, bullet-maturity, drawn, single-payment, sinking fund 1), planned amortization class, targeted amortization class, variable redemption
ATTRIBUTES [status\]: listed 2), unlisted, non-listed, delisted, quoted, unquoted, rated 3), non-rated, speculative grade, investment grade, gilt-edged
ATTRIBUTES [size\]: baby, penny
ATTRIBUTES [structured\]: structured, well-structured, non-structured, range, range accrual, capital protected, principal protected, capital guaranteed, reverse floating rate, inverse floating rate, participation, equity index participation, equity participation, market participation, equity linked, equity index-linked, index-linked, market-indexed, equity-linked, credit-linked, reverse convertible, indexed, non-indexed, dual-indexed, capital-indexed, coupon-indexed, interest-indexed, current-pay, gold-indexed, catastrophe, cat, catastrophe-linked, catastrophe risk-linked, cat-linked, catastrophe insurance, cat-linked, catastrophe insurance, disaster, act of God, earthquake, earthquake-risk, hurricane
Argentina will not be required to make an adjustment to the amounts previously paid to holders of the GDP-linked Securities for changes that may affect the economy.
Proposals to create GDP-indexed securities are naturally supported by the arguments in this paper
ATTRIBUTES [form\]: book-entry, certificated
security market — фондовый рынок, рынок ценных бумаг
ACTIONS [passive\]:
to issue a security — выпускать [эмитировать\] ценную бумагу
to place [underwrite\] a security — размещать ценную бумагу
to earn $n on a security — получать доход в n долл. от ценной бумаги
to list a security, to admit a security to a listing, to accept security for trading in a exchange — допускать ценную бумагу к торгам (на бирже), включать в листинг
ACTIONS [active\]:
a security closes at $n up[down\] m% — курс закрытия ценной бумаги составил $n, что на m% выше [ниже\] вчерашнего
COMBS:
security price — цена [курс\] ценной бумаги
See:debt security, equity security, hybrid security, antidilutive securities, asset-backed securities, auction rate securities, baby securities, book-entry securities, certificated security, control securities, convertible securities, coupon security, dated security, deep discount security, discount securities, drop-lock security, equity-linked securities, fixed income security, foreign interest payment security, gross-paying securities, inflation-indexed security, interest-bearing securities, irredeemable securities, junior securities, letter security, listed securities, marketable securities, negotiable security, net-paying securities, non-convertible securities, participating securities, pay-in-kind securities, perpetual security, primary security, secondary security, unlisted securities, zero-coupon security, securities analyst, security analyst, securities broker, securities dealer, security dealer, securities market, security market, securities trader, International Securities Identification Number, financial market, principal, interest, issuer, Uniform Sale of Securities Act, Securities Act of 1933, Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, Culp v. Mulvane, Investment Company Act, Investment Advisers Act, SEC v. CM Joiner Leasing Corp., SEC v. W. J. Howey Co., SEC v. Variable Annuity Life Insurance Company of America, SEC v. United Benefit Life Insurance Company, Tcherepnin v. Knight, SEC v. Glenn W. Turner Enterprises, Inc., SEC v. Glenn W. Turner Enterprises, Inc., SEC v. Glenn W. Turner Enterprises, Inc., SEC v. Glenn W. Turner Enterprises, Inc., SEC v. Glenn W. Turner Enterprises, Inc., SEC v. Glenn W. Turner Enterprises, Inc., SEC v. Glenn W. Turner Enterprises, Inc.б) фин., обычно мн. (право владения или отношения займа, закрепленные в документе, который может передаваться из рук в руки и является инструментом привлечения финансирования)в) юр., амер. (трактуется как сделка по предоставлению денежных средств в пользование другого лица с целью извлечения прибыли, удостоверяющий такую сделку документ, а также право на его приобретение или продажу, которые характеризуются следующими обстоятельствами: а) мотивацией продавца, заключающейся в привлечении капитала, необходимого для общего использования в коммерческом предприятии продавца или для финансирования существенных инвестиций, б) мотивацией покупателя, заключающейся в получении прибыли от предоставления средств, в) выступлением инструмента в роли предмета обычной торговли, г) разумными ожиданиями покупателя о применении к инструменту федеральных законов о ценных бумагах, д) отсутствием сокращающего риск фактора, напр., выражающегося в применении к инструменту другой схемы регулирования)See:Securities Act of 1933, Investment Company Act, Investment Advisers Act, SEC v. CM Joiner Leasing Corp., SEC v. W. J. Howey Co., SEC v. Variable Annuity Life Insurance Company of America, SEC v. United Benefit Life Insurance Company, Tcherepnin v. Knight, SEC v. Glenn W. Turner Enterprises, Inc., SEC v. Glenn W. Turner Enterprises, Inc., SEC v. Glenn W. Turner Enterprises, Inc., SEC v. Glenn W. Turner Enterprises, Inc., SEC v. Glenn W. Turner Enterprises, Inc., SEC v. Glenn W. Turner Enterprises, Inc., SEC v. Glenn W. Turner Enterprises, Inc.
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безопасность, сохранность, ценная бумага, обеспечение, гарантия: 1) ценная бумага; свидетельство долга или собственности; сертификаты ценных бумаг, векселя; см. securities; 2) обеспечение: активы и др. собственность, которые могут быть использованы как обеспечение кредита или облигаций; в случае отказа заемщика от погашения кредита обеспечение может быть реализовано; = collateral security; 3) безопасность: процедуры, обеспечивающие безопасность банка, его активов и документации, включая физическую защиту, процедуры внутреннего аудита; 4) гарантия: гарантия выполнения обязательств другого лица, в т. ч. личная гарантия; = personal security.* * *Ценная бумага - документ/сертификат, являющийся свидетельством собственности на акции, облигации и другие инвестиционные инструменты. Безопасность - меры, предпринимаемые для обеспечения конфиденциальности передаваемой по линиям связи персональной информации о клиенте, совершаемых им операциях и т.п. . гарантия по ссуде; обеспечение кредита; обеспечение ссуды; обеспечение; ценная бумага; отдел охраны (банка, компании) Инвестиционная деятельность .* * *финансовые активы, включающие акции, правительственные облигации и ценные бумаги с государственной гарантией, облигации компании, сертификаты паевых фондов и документы, подтверждающие право собственности на предоставленные в ссуду или депонированные денежные средства; страховые полисы к таким активам не относятся -
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1. nзаем; ссуда; кредит
- accommodation loan
- active loan
- adjustable mortgage loan
- advance loan
- agency loan
- agricultural loan
- amortization loan
- asset-based loan
- back-to-back loan
- bad loan
- balloon loan
- bank loan
- banking sector's nonperforming loans
- bank-to-bank loan
- below-market loan
- big loan
- bilateral loan
- blank loan
- borrowed-pledge security loan
- bottomry loan
- bridge loan
- bridging loan
- broker's loan
- building loan
- bullet loan
- business loan
- call loan
- callable loan
- capped floating rate loan
- cash loan
- character loan
- cheap loan
- clearance loan
- collared floating rate loan
- collateral loan
- collateralized loan
- commercial loan
- committed loan
- commodity loan
- compulsory loan
- concessionary loan
- consolidated loan
- consumption loan
- corporate loan
- Crown loan
- currency loan
- customer's loan
- daily loan
- day loan
- day-to-day loan
- dead loan
- dealer loan
- defaulted loan
- delinquent loan
- demand loan
- development loan
- direct loan
- disbursed loan
- discount loan
- discount interest loan
- distressed loan
- dollar loan
- domestic loan
- downstream loan
- droplock loan
- dud loan
- emergency loan
- emergency reconstruction loan
- Eurocurrency loan
- Eurosyndicated loans
- excess loan
- export adjustment loan
- external loan
- farm loan
- federal loan
- fiduciary loan
- fixed loan
- fixed-date loan
- fixed-interest loan
- fixed rate loan
- floated loan
- floating-rate loan
- forced loan
- foreign loan
- free-limit loan
- frozen loan
- funded loan
- funding loan
- gold loan
- government loan
- hard loan
- hedged loan
- high-interest loan
- home loan
- home finance loan
- home improvement loan
- housing construction loan
- hybrid loan
- indexed loan
- industrial loan
- industrial and trade policy adjustment loan
- installment loan
- interbank loan
- intercompany loan
- interest bearing loan
- interest-free loan
- interim loan
- intermediate loan
- internal loan
- inventory loan
- investment loan
- jeopardy loan
- jumbo loan
- large loan
- limited recourse loan
- local loan
- lombard loan
- long loan
- long-dated loan
- long-period loan
- long-sighted loan
- long-term loan
- long-term mortgage loan
- low-interest loan
- low-interest-rate mortgage loan
- lucrative loan
- margin loan
- market loan
- medium-term loan
- money loan
- morning loan
- mortgage loan
- multicurrency loan
- multilateral loan
- municipal loan
- national loan
- negative amortization loan
- net loans
- nonperforming loan
- on call loan
- one-off purpose-oriented loan
- outstanding loan
- overage loan
- overdue loan
- overnight loan
- package loan
- parallel loan
- participating loan
- participation loan
- past-due loan
- performing loan
- permanent loan
- permanent government loan
- perpetual loan
- personal loan
- pledge loan
- poorly performing loan
- precarious loan
- prematured loan
- prime-rate loan
- problem loan
- programme loan
- public loan
- purpose loan
- real estate loan
- receivable loan
- reconstruction loan
- recourse loan
- redeemable loan
- redemption loan
- rehabilitation import loan
- reimbursable loan
- renegotiated loan
- repaid loan
- replacement loan
- resetter loan
- seasonal loan
- seasoned loan
- sector loan
- sector adjustment loan
- sector investment and maintenance loan
- secured loan
- securities loan
- securitized loan
- self-liquidating loan
- self-liquidation loan
- senior loan
- short loan
- short-dated loan
- short-sighted loan
- short-term floating rate loan
- short-time loan
- sight loan
- signature loan
- simple-interest loan
- single loan
- sinking-fund loan
- small business loan
- soft loan
- sovereign loan
- sovereign-risk loan
- stabilization loan
- stand-by loan
- state loan
- sterling loan
- stock exchange loan
- straight loan
- street loan
- subsidiary loan
- swing loan
- syndicate loan
- tax-exempt loan
- technical assistance loan
- term loan
- tied loan
- time loan
- time-slice loan
- underperforming loan
- undersubscribed loan
- underwater loan
- undisbursed loan
- unlimited loan
- unrecoverable loan
- unsecured loan
- upstream loan
- utilized loan
- variable rate loan
- viable loan
- watch loan
- weekly loan
- loan against borrower's note
- loan against goods
- loan against a guarantee
- loan against hypothecation of goods
- loan against payment documents
- loan against pledged bills
- loan against pledge of goods
- loan against a promissory note
- loan against securities
- loan against shares
- loan at call
- loan at interest
- loan at notice
- loan for a period of
- loan in sterling
- loan of money
- loan on bills of exchange
- loan on call
- loan on collateral
- loan on debentures
- loan on easy terms
- loan on favourable terms
- loan on goods
- loan on interest
- loan on landed property
- loan on merchandise
- loan on mortgage
- loan on pawn
- loan on policy
- loan on securities
- loan on the security of bills
- loan on short notice
- loans to customers
- loan without interest
- loan without security
- loan with participations
- loan with strings attached
- loan bearing no interest
- loan payable on request of the creditor
- accelerate a loan
- accommodate with a loan
- advance a loan
- allow a loan
- apply for a loan
- assess delinquent loans
- back a loan
- book loans
- call in a loan
- cancel a call loan
- complete a loan
- contract a loan
- cover a loan
- default on a loan
- disburse a loan
- downgrade a loan
- extend a loan
- finance a loan
- float a loan
- forfeit a loan
- get a loan
- give a loan
- grant a loan
- guarantee a loan
- issue a loan
- launch a loan
- liquidate a loan
- make a loan
- meet a loan
- monitor a loan
- negotiate a loan
- obtain a loan
- offer a loan
- pay back a loan
- pay down a loan
- pay off a loan
- place a loan
- provide a loan
- put out on loan
- qualify for a loan
- raise a loan
- recall a loan
- redeem a loan
- renew a loan
- repay a loan
- request a loan
- retire a loan
- retrieve a loan
- secure a loan
- secure a new loan
- service a loan
- sink a loan
- slash loans
- subscribe to a loan
- support a loan
- take up a loan
- warrant a loan
- write off bad loans2. v -
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1. n1) кредит2) бухг. кредит, правая сторона счета3) аккредитив4) доверие
- acceptance credit
- accommodation credit
- adjustment credit
- agricultural credit
- assignment credit
- averaged rate credit
- back-to-back credit
- bank credit
- banker's credit
- banking credit
- blank credit
- blocked credit
- book credit
- bridging credit
- broker's credit
- budgetary credit
- buyer's credit
- cash credit
- cheap credit
- clean credit
- clearing credit
- collateral credit
- collateralized credit
- commercial credit
- commercial bank credit
- commercial documentary credit
- commercial paper credit
- commodity credit
- company credit
- consumer credit
- consortium credit
- countervailing credit
- convenience credit
- conversion credit
- currency credit
- current account credit
- deferred credit
- direct credit
- directed credit
- disabled access credit
- discount credit
- documentary credit
- dollar credit
- draft credit
- drawing credit
- earmarked credit
- evergreen credit
- export credit
- exporter's credit
- export promotion credit
- extended credit
- external credit
- external trade credit
- farm credit
- financial credit
- fixed credit
- foreign currency credit
- frame credit
- frozen credit
- goods credit
- government credit
- guaranteed credit
- illicit credit
- impaired credit
- import credit
- importer's credit
- import promotion credit
- individual credit
- industrial credit
- installment credit
- insurer's credit
- intercompany credit
- interest-free credit
- interfirm credit
- intergovernmental credit
- interim credit
- intermediate-term credit
- international credit
- interstate credit
- investment credit
- irrevocable credit
- leasing credit
- limited credit
- lombard credit
- long credit
- long-term credit
- low-interest credit
- margin credit
- marginal credit
- maximum credit
- medium-term credit
- mercantile credit
- mixed credit
- monetary credit
- mortgage credit
- mutual credit
- noninstallment credit
- noninterest bearing credit
- nonrefundable credit
- on-call credit
- open credit
- open-end credit
- open account credit
- overdue credit
- overnight credit
- packing credit
- paper credit
- personal credit
- preferential credit
- public credit
- real estate credit
- reciprocal credits
- rediscount credit
- refinance credit
- rehabilitation import credit
- reimbursement credit
- rescheduled credit
- reserve credit
- retail credit
- revocable credit
- revolving credit
- rollover credit
- rural credit
- secondary credit
- second mortgage credit
- secured credit
- self-liquidating credit
- shaky credit
- short credit
- short-term credit
- sight credit
- social credit
- soft credit
- sovereign credit
- spot credit
- stabilization credit
- standby credit
- starting credit
- state credit
- state-guaranteed credit
- sterling credit
- store credit
- supermarginal credit
- supplier's credit
- swing credit
- syndicate credit
- syndicated bank credit
- tax credit
- temporary credit
- term credit
- tied credit
- tight credit
- total credit
- trade credit
- uncommitted credit
- uncovered credit
- unlimited credit
- unsecured credit
- untied credit
- unused credit
- used credit
- usurer's credit
- working credit
- credit against goods
- credit against securities
- credit against shipped goods
- credit at the bank
- credit for dependents
- credit for inventories
- credit in foreign currency
- credit in kind
- credit on consumer goods
- credit on easy terms
- credit on favourable terms
- credit on goods
- credit on landed property
- credit of leased equipment
- credit on mortgage
- credit on property
- credit on real estate
- credit on real property
- credit on securities
- credit with the bank
- credit backed by commercial paper
- credit extended under an intergovernmental agreement
- credit guaranteed by the government
- against credit
- on credit
- under credit
- advance a credit
- allot credits
- allow a credit
- apply for a credit
- arrange a credit
- block a credit
- buy on credit
- call in a credit
- cancel a credit
- clear the credit
- draw a credit
- establish a credit
- exceed the credit
- extend a credit
- freeze a credit
- furnish a credit
- get a credit
- give a credit
- give on credit
- grant a credit
- guarantee a credit
- lend a credit
- lodge a credit
- obtain a credit
- open a credit
- procure bank credit
- prolong a credit
- provide a credit
- receive a credit
- redeem a credit
- refuse credit
- reimburse a credit
- reject credit
- renew a credit
- repay a credit
- resume a credit
- sell on credit
- supply a credit
- suspend credit
- take on credit
- tighten credit
- use a credit
- utilize a credit
- withdraw a credit2. vкредитовать счет; записать (сумму) в кредит счета
- credit an account with an amount
- credit an amount to an account
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1.кредитовать счет; записать (сумму) в кредит счета, провести по кредиту2.1) кредит2) бухг. кредит, правая сторона счета3) аккредитив4) доверие•
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