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1 member of the clearing house
Englisch-Deutsch Fachwörterbuch der Wirtschaft > member of the clearing house
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2 London Clearing House
Finan organization that acts on behalf of its members as a central counterparty for contracts traded on the London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange, the International Petroleum Exchange, and the London Metal Exchange. When the LCH has registered a trade, it becomes the buyer to every member who sells and the seller to every member who buys, ensuring good financial performance. To protect it against the risks assumed as central counterparty, the LCH establishes margin requirements.Abbr. LCH -
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∎ general clearing compensation de chèques en dehors de Londres;∎ under the clearing procedure par voie de compensationclearing account compte m de compensation;clearing agreement accord m de clearing;clearing bank banque f de compensation ou de clearing;clearing house chambre f de compensation ou de clearing;∎ to pass a cheque through the clearing house compenser un chèque;clearing member membre m de compensation ou de clearing;clearing system système m de compensation ou de clearing;clearing transaction opération f de compensation ou de clearing -
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бирж. клиринговый член (биржи) (член клиринговой палаты срочной биржи; участники биржи, не являющиеся членами палаты, проводят расчеты через клиринговых членов)Ant:See:* * ** * *. Компания, являющаяся членом клиринговой палаты биржи. Каждый член клиринговой палаты также должен быть членом биржи. Однако не все члены биржи являются одновременно и членами клиринговой организации. Все сделки члена биржи, не являющегося членом клиринговой платы, должны быть зарегистрированы членом палаты, и, в конечном итоге, расчеты по ним должны производиться через члена клиринговой палаты . A member of an exchange clearinghouse responsible for the financial commitments of its customers. All trades of a non-clearing member must be registered and eventually settled through a clearing member. Инвестиционная деятельность . -
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- absent voting member
- affiliated member
- alien member
- alternate member
- associated member
- board member
- bond member
- cabinet member
- charter member
- clearing members
- clearing house members
- collegium member
- conference member
- corporate member
- country member
- crew member
- eurozone members
- exchange member
- ex officio member
- founder member
- full member
- full-fledged member
- honorary member
- nonvoting member
- panel member
- permanent member
- presiding member
- rank and file members
- selling group members
- supervisory-board members
- underwriting member
- union member
- member in good standing
- member of the board of directors
- member of a commission
- member of a company
- member of a conference
- member of Congress
- member of a cooperative society
- member of a corporation
- member of a delegation
- member of full standing
- member of Parliament
- member of a stock exchangeEnglish-russian dctionary of contemporary Economics > member
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amtlicher Makler m BANK, BÖRSE member of the stock exchange, member of the clearing house, clearing member (EU) -
9 клиринговая палата
1. clearing house2. clearing officeРусско-английский большой базовый словарь > клиринговая палата
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10 margining
Finthe system by which the London Clearing House (LCH) controls the risk associated with a London International Financial Futures and Option Exchange clearing member’s position on a daily basis. To achieve this, clearing members deposit cash or collateral with the LCH in the form of initial and variation margins. The initial margin is the deposit required on all open positions (long or short) to cover short-term price movements and is returned to members by the LCH when the position is closed. The variation margin is the members’ profits or losses, calculated daily from the marked-tomarket-close value of their position (whereby contracts are revalued daily for the calculation of variation margin), and credited to or debited from their accounts. -
11 federal funds
federal funds (funds) (AE) 1. BANK, FIN Tagesgeld n, Zentralbankgeld n (money market, non-interest-bearing deposits held by and actively traded between member banks at the Federal Reserve, kurzfristiges Zentralbankgeld für Übernacht-Ausleihungen); Auszahlungen fpl, sofort verfügbares Geld n (in the clearing sense, cash, e.g. New York Clearing House Funds); 2. POL Bundesmittel npl, Mittel npl des BundesEnglisch-Deutsch Fachwörterbuch der Wirtschaft > federal funds
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12 fed funds
fed funds (Abk. für AE federal funds; funds) BANK, FIN Tagesgeld n (money market, non-interest-bearing deposits held by and actively traded between member banks at the Federal Reserve, kurzfristiges Zentralbankgeld für Übernacht-Ausleihungen); Auszahlungen fpl, sofort verfügbares Geld n (in the clearing sense, cash, e.g. New York Clearing House Funds) -
13 Bank
Bank f BANK bank, bk, banking establishment, banking house, credit institution • Geld auf der Bank haben BANK have money in the bank • zur Bank bringen BANK bank* * *f < Bank> bank (bk), banking establishment, banking house, credit institution ■ zur Bank bringen < Bank> bank* * *Bank
bank[ing house], banker, banking firm (establishment), moneyed corporation (US), (Verkaufstisch) stand;
• auf der Bank at a bank;
• bei einer Bank zahlbar payable at a bank;
• knapp an Banken underbanked;
• nur an eine Bank zahlbar (Scheck) crossed specially;
• ohne Angabe einer bestimmten Bank (Scheck) crossed generally;
• anfragende Bank quering bank;
• angeschlossene Bank member bank;
• dem Abrechnungsverkehr (Giroverkehr) angeschlossene Bank clearing bank (Br.), associated bank (US);
• ausstellende Bank issuing bank;
• auswärtige Bank out-of-town bank;
• auszahlende Bank paying bank[er], cash-paying bank;
• avisierende Bank notifying bank;
• beauftragte Bank paying (Br.) (payor, US) bank;
• am Landeszentralbanksystem beteiligte Bank member bank (US);
• Effektenemissionsgeschäfte betreibende Bank investment bank;
• bezogene Bank drawee bank;
• durchleitende (eingeschaltete) Bank intermediary bank (US);
• einlösende Bank cashing banker;
• einziehende Bank collecting bank (banker) (US);
• federführende Bank leading underwriter, syndicate manager, lead[ing] bank;
• als Hinterlegungsstelle fungierende Bank depositary bank (US);
• fusionierte Bank merged bank;
• geschlossene Bank closed bank;
• halbstaatliche Bank semiprivate bank;
• konsortialführende Bank originating banker, syndicate manager;
• staatlich konzessionierte Bank state-chartered (state, US) bank;
• korrespondierende Bank reporting bank;
• landwirtschaftliche Bank rural (land, farmer’s, farm loan) bank;
• vom Kreditnehmer mandatierte Bank arranger;
• negoziierende Bank negotiating bank;
• öffentlich-rechtliche Bank bank incorporated under public law;
• privilegierte Bank chartered bank;
• ruinierte Bank wrecked bank;
• seriöse Bank sound bank;
• Akkreditiv stellende Bank opening bank;
• verwahrende Bank depositary bank, custodian (US);
• zahlende Bank paying (payor, US) bank;
• bar zahlende Bank cash- (specie-) paying bank;
• zahlungsunfähige Bank insolvent bank, bank in failing condition;
• Bank für Außenhandel British Trade Corporation (Br.);
• Bank mit Autoschalter drive-in bank;
• Bank mit Beratungsdienst auf allen Gebieten full-service bank;
• Bank von England Bank of England, the Bank (Br.), Old Lady of Threadneedle Street (fam.);
• Banken der Eurozone banks in the euro zone;
• Bank mit mehreren Geschäftsstellen multiple-office bank;
• Bank für Konsumentenbedürfnisse consumer bank;
• Bank für Überseehandel overseas bank;
• Banken und Versicherungen financial corporations (US);
• Bank für Wohnungsbaufinanzierungen housing bank;
• Bank für internationalen Zahlungsausgleich (BIZ) Bank for International Settlements;
• Bank der oberen zehntausend top-drawer exclusive bank;
• Internationale Bank für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit International Bank for Economic Cooperation (IBEC);
• von der Bank abheben to withdraw from a bank;
• Bank auf Überziehungsmöglichkeiten ansprechen to approach a bank for an overdraft;
• seine Bank anweisen to instruct one’s bank;
• bei einer Bank arbeiten to be employed in a bank;
• mit einer Bank arbeiten to bank with;
• Bank ausrauben to stick up a bank (sl.);
• bei seiner Bank eine Kreditlinie beantragen to ask a bank for a line of credit (US) (credit line, Br.);
• seine Bank mit der Bezahlung anfallender Steuern beauftragen to commission one’s bank to pay one’s taxes;
• Bank zur Hausbank einer Firma bestimmen to appoint a bank as bankers to the company;
• Bank einschalten to interpolate a bank;
• Geld[betrag] bei der Bank einzahlen to put money in (pay [idle] money into) a bank, to bank an amount;
• Konto bei einer Bank eröffnen to open an account with a bank;
• Banken fusionieren to incorporate one bank with another, to absorb a bank, to consolidate banks;
• Geld bei einer Bank stehen haben to keep money at a bank;
• bei einer Bank hinterlegen to deposit at a bank;
• ungenutzt auf der Bank liegen to lie idle in the bank;
• Kredite bei der Bank in erhöhtem Maße in Anspruch nehmen to increase the borrowings at the bank;
• bei der Bank im Debet sein to be overdrawn at the bank;
• stark bei den Banken verschuldet sein to be deeply in hock to the banks;
• durch eine Bank überweisen to remit through a bank;
• Konto bei einer Bank unterhalten to have an account with a bank;
• einer Bank vorlegen to exhibit to a bank;
• Bankabhebungen bank withdrawals;
• Bankabrechnungsbuch bankbook;
• Bankabschluss balance of a bank, bank return (Br.) (statement);
• Bankabteilung (Notenbank) banking department;
• Bankagent bank broker;
• Bankagentur bank agent (broker), (Depositenkasse) branch;
• Bankaktien bank shares (stocks, US);
• in Bankaktien spekulieren to speculate in bank stocks (US);
• Bankaktiengesellschaft joint-stock bank, banking corporation (US);
• Bankaktionär bank shareholder, holder of bank stock (US);
• Bankakzept bank (banker’s) acceptance;
• erstklassiges Bankakzept fine bank acceptance (Br.), prime banker’s acceptance (US);
• Bankangestellter bank assistant (clerk, Br., employee, official), banking employee, city man (Br.);
• leitender Bankangestellter officer of a bank, bank’s officer;
• Bankangestellter sein to be employed in a bank;
• Bankanleihe bank loan, post-notes;
• konsortialiter gewährte zinsvariable Bankanleihe syndicated floating-rate bank loan;
• Bankanstalt banking house (establishment);
• Bankanteil banking interest;
• Bankanteilseigner shareholder (stockholder, US) in a bank;
• Bankantwort bank reply;
• Bankanweisung bank check (US) (cheque, Br., bill, draft, money order);
• durch Bankanweisung bezahlt paid by check (US) (cheque, Br.);
• Bankanwendung banking application;
• Bankaufsichtsbehörde bank[ing] regulator, bank-regulatory authority, state superintendence of banks (US);
• Bankauftrag bank money order, banker’s order (Br.);
• Bankausbildung bank education;
• Bankauskunft bank’s enquiry (Br.), banker’s reference (inquiry), banker’s status report;
• Bankauskünfte über ein Kundenkonto bank disclosure;
• Bankausleihungen bank lendings (US);
• Bankausschuss für Währungspolitik a Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee;
• Bankausweis balance of a bank, bank report (return, Br., statement);
• wöchentlicher Bankausweis weekly bank statement;
• wöchentlicher Bankausweis der Notenbank bank return (Br.), Return for the Week (Br.);
• Bankauszug bank statement;
• regelmäßiger Bankauszug periodical statement;
• Bankautomat automated teller;
• Bankaval bank guarantee (Br.) (guaranty, US);
• Bankbeamter bank clerk (Br.);
• leitender Bankbeamter bank officer (official);
• allgemeine Bankbedingungen charge account terms;
• Bankbeleg bank receipt (slip), record of a bank, bank record;
• Bankbetriebswirt bank economist;
• Bankbetriebs[wirtschafts]lehre bank economy;
• Bankbevollmächtigter im Verrechnungsverkehr inclearer (Br.);
• Bankbilanz balance sheet of a bank, bank’s balance sheet, bank report (statement, return, Br.);
• Bankbonifikation underwriting fee;
• Bankbote bank messenger (porter, runner), walk clerk (Br.);
• Bankbriefkasten bank’s letter box;
• Bankbuch bankbook, (Gegenkonto) passbook;
• Bankbuchhalter bank accountant;
• Bankbuchhaltung bank accounting;
• Bankbürge bank guarantor;
• Bankbürgschaft bank guarantee;
• Bankdarlehn banker’s (bank[ing]) advance, bank loan (credit), bank borrowing, (kurzfristig an Wechselmakler) night money (Br.);
• Bankdeposition banker’s balances, bank deposits;
• Bankdepot bank deposit, deposit in a bank, lodgment;
• Bankdirektor bank manager (president), manager of a bank;
• Bankdiskont[satz] bank (Br.) (banker’s) discount, bank (Br.) (discount) rate, official rate of discount;
• gültiger Bankdiskontsatz current bank rate (Br.);
• Bankdiskontsatz herabsetzen (senken) to reduce the discount (Br.) (rediscount, US) rate;
• Bankeinbruch bank burglary, raid on a bank;
• Bankeinbruchsversicherung bank burglary insurance;
• Bankeinlage deposit [in bank], bank deposit;
• Bankeinlagen in größeren Mengen verschwinden lassen to spirit away large quantities of the bank’s deposits;
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1) банк; кредитное учреждение; банкирский дом || вносить деньги в банк; держать деньги в банке; заниматься банковским делом2) фонд, запас3) касса -
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сущ.1) эк., юр. агент, представитель, посредник; поверенный, доверенное лицо, уполномоченный (лицо, получившее право действовать от имени и по поручению другого лица (принципала, доверителя) за определенное вознаграждение)ATTRIBUTES: accredited 1) б), authorized 1) б), captive 1. 4) б), commercial 1. 1) б), diplomatic 1) б), economic 1) б), exclusive 1. 2) а), executive 2. 1) а), foreign 1) б), independent 1) б), local 1. 1) б), official 2. 1) а), paid 2. 2) а), part-time 1. 1) б), registered 1) б)
COMBS:
agent for the purchase of wheat — агент по покупке [закупкам\] пшеницы
See:accredited agent, acquisition agent, advance agent, advertising agent, Agent General, Agent-General, agent's agent, area agent, authorized agent, author's agent, bargaining agent, booking agent, break-bulk agent, business agent, buying agent, calculating agent, captive agent, cargo agent 1), cash field agent, change agent 2), chartered agent, claim agent, claims agent, clearance agent, clearing agent, closing agent, coagent, co-agent, collecting agent, collection agent, combined agent, commercial agent, commission agent, consular agent, county agent, custom house agent, customs agent, customs clearance agent, customs clearing agent, customs house agent, debit agent, del credere agent, diplomatic agent, disbursing agent, dual agent, economic agent, employment agent, enrolled agent, escrow agent, estate agent, excess and surplus lines agent, excess line agent, excess lines agent, exclusive agent, executive agent, export agent, export sales agent, FBI agent, fiscal agent, foreign agent, foreign sales agent, forwarding agent, free agent, freight agent, general agent, geophysical prospecting permit agent, government agent, governmental agent, grain-elevator agent, handling agent, health agent, health care agent, home service agent, import agent, indent agent, independent agent, influence agent, innocent agent, insurance agent, insurance claim agent, insurance claims agent, insurance sales agents, joint agent, leasing agent, letting agent, life agent, limited agent, listing agent, literary agent, livestock commission agent, Lloyd's agent, managing agent, manufacturer's agent, member's agent, mercantile agent, merchandise agent, non-exclusive agent, outside property agent, patent agent, paying agent, permit agent, personal agent, placement agent, private agent, property agent, public agent, publicity agent, purchase agent, purchasing agent, rational agent, real estate agent, 1), redemption agent, reinsurance agent, revenue agent, right-of-way agent, right-of-way claims agent, sales agent, selling agent, settlement agent, share transfer agent, ship agent, shipping agent, shipping and forwarding agent, ship's agent, single agent, sole agent, soliciting agent, special agent, stocking agent, subagent, sub-agent, supply agent, surplus line agent, surplus lines agent, surplus-property disposal agent, talent agent, tied agent, transfer agent, traveling agent, travelling agent, underwriting agent, viatical agent, viatical settlement agent, vicarious agent, agent bank, agent commission, agent provocateur, agent's authority, agent's commission, agent's contract, agent's lien, agent of influence, agent of management, agent of record, agent of socialization, agent's duties to principal, agents' errors and omissions insurance, members' agent pooling arrangement, multiprincipal-agent, principal-agent problem, principal-agent relationship, principal-agent theory, property and casualty agent, sale by agent, agents and appraisers, N.E.C., agents and appraisers, N.E.C., agents and appraisers, N.E.C., agents and appraisers, N.E.C., agents and appraisers, N.E.C., agents and appraisers, N.E.C., agents and appraisers, N.E.C., agents and appraisers, N.E.C., agents and appraisers, N.E.C., agents and appraisers, N.E.C., agents and appraisers, N.E.C., agents and appraisers, N.E.C., agents and appraisers, N.E.C., agents and appraisers, N.E.C., agents and appraisers, N.E.C., agents and appraisers, N.E.C., agents and appraisers, N.E.C., agents and appraisers, N.E.C., agents and appraisers, N.E.C., agents and appraisers, N.E.C., agents and appraisers, N.E.C., agents and appraisers, N.E.C., agents and appraisers, N.E.C., agents and appraisers, N.E.C., agents and appraisers, N.E.C., agents and appraisers, N.E.C., agents and appraisers, N.E.C. 1. 3), agents and appraisers, N.E.C. 1. 5), agents and appraisers, N.E.C., agents and appraisers, N.E.C. 1. 3) а), agents and appraisers, N.E.C., agents and appraisers, N.E.C., agents and appraisers, N.E.C., agents and appraisers, N.E.C., agents and appraisers, N.E.C. 1. 4) в)2) общ. действующая сила, фактор, средствоSee:3) общ., мн. агентура, агентствоSee:4) тех. вещество, агент; реактив, реагентATTRIBUTES:
bonding agent — связующий материал, связующее вещество, связующий агент
chemical agent — химическое вещество, реактив, реагент, химический агент
See:5) комп. агент, агент-программа (программа на компьютере-клиенте, предназначенная для автономного выполнения заранее запрограммированных функций; обычно речь идет о программах, предназначенных для сбора и индексирования информации в интернете)See:2)6) гос. упр. агент, сотрудник агентства ( чаще о работающих в секретных разведывательных службах)ATTRIBUTES:
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agent; Ag; Agt агент: 1) лицо, получившее право действовать от имени и по поручению принципала (клиента) за определенное вознаграждение; см. Register of Agents; 2) посредник; 3) страховой агент: независимый агент, который подбирает для клиента лучшую страховку путем анализа условий разных фирм (independent agent); также представитель страховой фирмы, который продает ее полисы (direct writer).* * *агент; представитель. Лицо, принимающее решения в тандеме агент-доверитель . A person or entity authorized to act on behalf of another party. While a person can act on his own, a corporation can only act through its agents. Словарь экономических терминов .* * *лицо, которое делает те или иные предложения от имени страховой компании в области бизнеса и получает комиссию за каждый подписанный полис-----Ценные бумаги/Биржевая деятельностьпосредник, вступающий в сделку как комиссионер, а не как принципал, не принимающий на себя никакого финансового риска по сделке (весь риск - возможность банкротства его клиента) и получающий комиссионные за оказанные им услуги-----лицо, уполномоченное другим лицом действовать от его имени, например, заключить контракт между партнером и третьей стороной; если агент сообщает третьей стороне имя своего патрона, он, как правило, не несет ответственности по контрактным обязательствам -
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1. сущ.1) банк. банк (финансовая организация, которая сосредоточивает временно свободные денежные средства в виде принятых вкладов и предоставляет их во временное пользование в виде кредитов (займов, ссуд), а также оказывает населению и предприятиям услуги по проведению расчетов)ATTRIBUTES:
Syn:See:accepting bank, acquiring bank, advising bank, agent bank, agricultural bank, Agricultural Credit Bank, avalizing bank, bank of first deposit, bankers' bank, bridge bank, central bank, clearing bank, collecting bank, commercial bank, community bank, concentration bank, confirming bank, consortium bank, consumer bank, cooperative bank, correspondent bank, dealer bank, depositary bank, development bank, district bank, drive-in bank, eurobank, Export-Import Bank, Farm Credit Bank, Federal Intermediate Credit Bank, Federal Land Bank, Federal Reserve Bank, foreign trade bank, full-service bank, Girobank, high-street bank, independent bank, industrial bank, in-house bank, internet bank, investment bank, issuing bank, lead bank, limited-service bank, member bank, merchant bank, mortgage bank, national bank, negotiating bank, nominated bank, nonbank bank, notifying bank, offshore bank, one-stop bank, opening bank, paying bank, presenting bank, private bank, receiving bank, regional bank, remitting bank, reserve city bank, respondent bank, retail bank, savings bank, state bank, super regional bank, unit bank, universal bank, wholesale bank, wildcat bank, bank acceptance, bank advertising, Bank Advisory Committee, bank balance, bank bill, bank charges, bank cheque, bank commission, bank crisis, bank draft, bank guarantee, bank manager, bank marketing, bank statement, bank supervisor COMBS: bank affiliate export trading company, Bank Export Services Act, Association of Central African Banks, Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa, Arab International Bank, Bank for International Settlements, Central American Bank for Economic Integration, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, European Investment Bank, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Latin American Export Bank, Nordic Investment Bank, World Bank, Federal Reserve System, clearing 4), deposit 1. 1), loan 1. 1), а interbank2) эк. фонд; резерв; место хранения запасовSee:2. гл.1) банк. класть деньги в банк; держать деньги в банке; вести дела с банкомto bank with The Royal Bank of Scotland Group — держать деньги в "Ройял бэнк оф Скотланд Груп"
2) банк. держать банк, быть владельцем банка; осуществлять банковские операции, заниматься банковской деятельностьюSee:3) общ. хранить что-л. про запас
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Bk 1) банк: компания, специализирующаяся на приеме вкладов, кредитовании, осуществлении расчетов и др. финансовых операций; см. central bank, commercial bank, investment bank, merchant bank; 2) держать деньги в банке.* * *. . Словарь экономических терминов .* * *Банки/Банковские операциифинансово-кредитное учреждение, накапливающее денежные средства, предоставляющее займы, ссуды и осуществляющее денежные расчеты, учет векселей, выпуск денег и ценных бумаг
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