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Corporate Acquisition: Purchasing a security or commodity in such volume as to achieve control over its price. An illegal practice.

Corporate Repurchase: The time that elapses between receipt of payment from a customer and the deposit of the customer's check in the firm's bank account; the time required to process customer payments.

Corporate Tax View: Active buying by a corporation of its own stock in the marketplace. Reasons for repurchase include putting idle cash to use, raising EPS, creating support for a stock price, increasing inter . . . View Full Definition

Corporate Taxable Equivalent: The argument that double (corporate and individual) taxation of equity returns makes debt a cheaper financing method.

Corporate Rate: Discount rate available to traveling business men and women, customarily 10% below rack (standard) rates.

Corporate Values: The prescribed standards, behaviors, principles or concepts that an organization regards as highly important.

Corporate Information: A unit investment trust featuring a fixed portfolio of high-grade securities and other investments, usually with monthly distribution of income.

Corporate Processing Float: This section will usually present (1) the company's executive office address and telephone number; (2) identifies each principal corporate officer by name and position followed by three numb . . . View Full Definition

Corporate Income Fund (CIF): A committee of the NASD that reviews underwriters' SEC-required documents to ensure that proposed markups are fair and in the public interest.

Customer Acquisition Cost: The average cost to a carrier of signing up an individual subscriber. Some of the factors included in the cost are handset subsidies, marketing, advertising and promotions.