fixed interest charges

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• Interest coverage ratio —   The number of times that fixed interest charges were earned. It indicates the margin of safety of interest on fixed debt. The times interest earned ratio is calculated using net income before and after income taxes; and the credits of interest… …   Energy terms

• interest cover — fixed charge–coverage ratio A ratio showing the number of times interest charges are covered by earnings before interest and tax. For example, a company with interest charges of £12 million and earnings before interest and tax of £36 million… …   Accounting dictionary

• interest cover — fixed charge coverage ratio A ratio showing the number of times interest charges are covered by earnings before interest and tax (see EBIT). For example, a company with interest charges of £12 million and earnings before interest and tax of £36… …   Big dictionary of business and management

• Fixed-charge coverage ratio — A measure of a firm s ability to meet its fixed charge obligations: the ratio of (net earnings before taxes plus interest charges paid plus long term lease payments) to (interest charges paid plus long term lease payments). The New York Times… …   Financial and business terms

• fixed costs — costs, which are incurred by a business whether it is operating to generate income or not and which do not necessarily increase or decrease as a total volume of production, increases or decreases. Rent, for example, must be paid whether or not… …   Financial and business terms

• fixed charge — n: a regularly recurring expense (as rent, taxes, or interest) that must be met when due Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. fixed charge …   Law dictionary

• interest — in·ter·est / in trəst; in tə rəst, ˌrest/ n [probably alteration of earlier interesse, from Anglo French, from Medieval Latin, from Latin, to be between, make a difference, concern, from inter between, among + esse to be] 1: a right, title, claim …   Law dictionary

• fixed charges — plural noun Overheads such as interest payments, allowance for depreciation, and fixed costs, which do not vary with the volume of business done • • • Main Entry: ↑fix …   Useful english dictionary

• fixed charge coverage ratio — USA The ratio of EBITDA to interest expense and scheduled principal payments on debt for borrowed money. Fixed charges may also include rent payments, required dividends and capital expenditures. This financial ratio measures the company s… …   Law dictionary

• fixed charge — ☆ fixed charge n. any of certain charges, as taxes, rent, interest, etc., which must be paid, usually at regular intervals, without being changed and without reference to the amount of business done …   English World dictionary

• fixed charge — noun a periodic charge that does not vary with business volume (as insurance or rent or mortgage payments etc.) • Syn: ↑fixed cost, ↑fixed costs • Hypernyms: ↑charge • Hyponyms: ↑cover charge, ↑cover, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary