advance commitment
1Advance Commitment — A promise or agreement to take some future action. For example, a promise by a buyer to purchase goods at a price set beforehand is an advance commitment. In financial markets, parties may make an advance commitment to sell an asset before they… …
2Advance commitment — A promise to sell an asset before the seller has lined up purchase of the asset. This seller can offset risk by purchasing a futures contract to fix the sales price. The New York Times Financial Glossary …
3advance commitment — A promise to sell an asset before the seller has lined up purchase of the asset. This seller can offset risk by purchasing a futures contract to fix the sales price approximately. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary …
4commitment — n 1: an act of committing: as a: placement in or assignment to a prison or mental hospital petition for commitment compare incompetent, interdiction ◇ Commitment to a mental health facility is called …
5Commitment Hour —   Author(s) James Alan Gardner …
6Advance market commitments — An advance market commitment is a binding contract, typically offered by a government or other financial entity, used to guarantee a viable market if a vaccine or other medicine is successfully developed. As a result of such a commitment, the… …
7Commitment scheme — In cryptography, a commitment scheme allows one to commit to a value while keeping it hidden, with the ability to reveal the committed value later. Commitments are used to bind a party to a value so that they cannot adapt to other messages in… …
8Advance Funding — This refers to any advance made on a future commitment or payment. The term, advance funding, is used very broadly, ranging from personal or project loans, future contractual payments like annuities or royalties and government appropriations.… …
9Advance of the Islamic Courts Union — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Advance of the Islamic Courts Union partof= the Somali Civil War and War on Terrorism date=June 4 ndash; December 20, 2006 place=Somalia caption= result=Ethiopian intervention combatant1= Alleged:… …
10Involuntary commitment — For involuntary treatment in non hospital settings, see involuntary treatment. Involuntary commitment or civil commitment is a legal process through which an individual with symptoms of severe mental illness is court ordered into treatment in a… …
