Presale Order: An order to purchase part of a new municipal bond issue that is accepted by an underwriting syndicate before an official public offering.

 

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Presale Order: An order to purchase part of a new municipal bond issue that is accepted by an underwriting syndicate before an official public offering.

Polygenic Disorder: Genetic disorder resulting from the combined action of alleles of more than one gene (e.g., heart disease, diabetes, and some cancers). Although such disorders are inherited, they depend on . . . View Full Definition

Polygenic Disorders: Genetic disorders resulting from the combined action of alleles of more than one gene (e.g., heart disease, diabetes, and some cancers). Although such disorders are inherited, they depend on . . . View Full Definition

Personality Disorder: A deeply ingrained and maladjusted pattern of behavior that persists for many years. It is usually well established in later adolescence or early adulthood. The abnormality of behavior is se . . . View Full Definition

Personal Video Recorder (PVR): Pvrs are digital devices that use a hard drive instead of videotape as the recording medium. Pvrs blend the features of a VCR with the programmability and storage of a computer.

Pecking-Order View (Of Capital Structure): The argument that external financing transactions costs, especially those associated with the problem of adverse selection, create a dynamic environment in which firms have a preference, or . . . View Full Definition

Percentage Order: Used for listed equity securities. Market limited price order to buy/sell a specified percentage (usually 50%) of shares traded (sometimes after a fixed number of shares of the stock have al . . . View Full Definition

Purchase Order: A written order to buy specified goods at a stipulated price.

Qualified Domestic Relations Order (QDRO): An order, decree, judgment or administrative notice (including a settlement agreement) that establishes the rights of another person (the “alternate payee”) to benefits; issued by a domestic . . . View Full Definition

Restraining Order: An order that may issue from filing for an injunction. Though the term is sometimes used as a synonym of injunction, it is distinguished from an injunction in that it is intended only as a r . . . View Full Definition