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C: Fifth letter of a Nasdaq stock descriptor specifying that issue is exempt from Nasdaq listing requirements for a temporary period.

Recession: Broadly defined, a recession is a downturn in a nation's economic activity. The consequences typically include increased unemployment, decreased consumer and business spending, and declining . . . View Full Definition

Recapture: When you recapture assets, you regain them, usually because of the provisions of a contract or legal precedent. When a contract is involved, you may be entitled to recapture a percentage of . . . View Full Definition

Recharacterization: When you have converted one type of individual retirement account (IRA) to another type — such as a traditional IRA to a Roth IRA — and then convert it back to the original type, you are rec . . . View Full Definition

Record Date: To be paid a stock dividend, you must own the stock on the day that the corporation's board of directors names as the record date, also known as the date of record. For example, if a company . . . View Full Definition

The Fleshly School Of Poetry: The phrase that robert williams buchanan coined for dante gabriel rossetti and his imitators in a scathing review in the contemporary review in 1871.

Telestich: Spelling out a word, a phrase, or name vertically in sequence down the last letters of verse lines in a poem. See also acrostic.

Refinancing: Refinancing is the process of paying off an existing loan by taking a new loan and using the same property as security. Homeowners may refinance to reduce their mortgage expense if interest . . . View Full Definition

Tercet, Terzet: a rhyming triplet, found in sequences such as: aaa bbb (for example, Thomas Hardy's 'The Convergence of the Twain'), aba cdc (where b and d are unrhyming), abc abc (repeated), aba bcb (inter . . . View Full Definition

Quasi-Public Corporation: In the United States, quasi-public corporations have links to the federal government although they are technically in the private sector. This means that their managers and executives work f . . . View Full Definition