Rate Base: The value of a regulated public utility and its operations as defined by its regulators and on which the company is allowed to earn a particular rate of return.

 

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Rate Base: The value of a regulated public utility and its operations as defined by its regulators and on which the company is allowed to earn a particular rate of return.

Acetate Base: Non-inflammable base support for film emulsions which replaced the highly inflammable cellulose nitrate base.

Value-Based Pricing: Packers are increasingly using this method of determining how much to pay cattle and hog producers for animals. Rather than simply paying a fixed rate based on the weight of the animals, val . . . View Full Definition

Floating-Rate Preferred: In an interest rate swap, the counterparty who pays a rate based on a reference rate, usually in exchange for a fixed-rate payment.

Payment Rate: Generally, the amount paid per unit of production (i.e., bushel, pound, hundredweight) to each participating farmer for eligible production under commodity income and price support programs.

Pass-Along Rate: The percentage of people who pass on a message or file.

Passive Portfolio Strategy: A strategy that involves minimal expectational input, and instead relies on diversification to match the performance of some market index. A passive strategy assumes that the marketplace wil . . . View Full Definition

Pass-Through Coupon Rate: The interest rate paid on a securitized pool of assets, which is less than the rate paid on the underlying loans by an amount equal to the servicing and guaranteeing fees.

Pass-Through Rate: The net interest rate passed through to investors after deducting servicing, management, and guarantee fees from the gross mortgage coupon.

Performance Based Inspection System (PBIS): A computer-based system used by USDA’s meat and poultry inspection agency, the Food Safety and Inspection Service. The system organizes inspection requirements, schedules inspection activiti . . . View Full Definition