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What is 'Absentee Owner' An individual who owns a piece of real estate but does not live in it. An absentee owner...

What is 'Abeyance Order' An order that is temporarily placed on hold or held in suspension, due to prevailing circumstances, until it...

What is 'Abandoned Property' Assets such as cash, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, uncashed checks, land, life insurance policies and the contents of...

DefinitionAbeyance is a state of expectancy in respect of property, titles or office, when the right to them is not vested in any one...

What is 'Absolute Auction' A type of auction where the sale is awarded to the highest bidder. Absolute auctions do not have...

Abandonment and salvage are two ways to deal with property. Abandonment is the process of giving up a property, while salvage is the process...

What is 'Reallowance' In securities underwriting, the fee that the underwriting group pays to a securities firm that is not part of the syndicate, but...

What is a 'Realization Multiple' A realization multiple is a private equity measurement that values the return paid to an investor. The...

What is 'Raider' An individual or organization that tries to take over a company by initiating a hostile takeover bid. Raiders look...

What is 'Reaffirmation' An agreement made between a debtor and a creditor to repay some or all of a debt. Reaffirmations are...