financial obligation (commitment)

  • 1commitment — 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 …

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  • 2commitment — noun Date: 1603 1. a. an act of committing to a charge or trust: as (1) a consignment to a penal or mental institution (2) an act of referring a matter to a legislative committee b. mittimus 2. a. an …

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  • 3commitment — n. 1 an engagement or (esp. financial) obligation that restricts freedom of action. 2 the process or an instance of committing oneself; a pledge or undertaking …

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  • 4commitment — Describes a trader s obligation to accept or make delivery on a futures contract. Related: open interest. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary When a trader or institution assumes the obligation to accept or make delivery on a futures contract. Chicago …

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  • 5Commitment — A trader is said to have a commitment when he assumes the obligation to accept or make delivery on a futures contract. Related: Open interest * * * commitment com‧mit‧ment [kəˈmɪtmənt] noun 1. [countable, uncountable] a promise to do something or …

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  • 6obligation — Synonyms and related words: accountability, accounts payable, accounts receivable, act of grace, act of kindness, affair, agreement, allegiance, amount due, appreciation, appreciativeness, aptitude, aptness, arrearage, assigned task, attempt, bad …

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  • 7financial — adj. Financial is used with these nouns: ↑accountability, ↑acumen, ↑adjustment, ↑administration, ↑advantage, ↑advice, ↑adviser, ↑affair, ↑aid, ↑analysis, ↑analyst, ↑ …

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  • 8Countrywide Financial — Infobox Company company name = Countrywide Financial Corp. company type = Subsidiary of Bank of America foundation = 1969 location = Calabasas, CA, USA revenue = profit$6,061,437,000 USD (2007) operating income = loss$1,310,274,000 USD (2007) net …

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  • 9Organizational commitment — in the fields of Organizational Behavior and Industrial/Organizational Psychology is, in a general sense, the employee s psychological attachment to the organization. It can be contrasted with other work related attitudes, such as job… …

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  • 10Late-2000s financial crisis — The TED spread (in red) increased significantly during the financial crisis, reflecting an increase in perceived credit risk …

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