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Graduated Color: The range of color from light to dark or from warm to cool that results in a gradually changing effect.

Graduated Filter: Filter with a colored section, which gradually reduces in density toward the center of the filter. The rest of the filter is clear. Also referred to as a graduated filter

Graduated Commission Splits: Other companies have graduated commission splits based on a salespersons achieving specified production goals. For instance, a broker might agree to split commissions 50/50 up to a $25,000 s . . . View Full Definition

Graduated Lease: Selling covered call options at incrementally rising exercise prices, so that as the price of the underlying stock rises and the options are exercised, the seller receives a higher average p . . . View Full Definition

Graduated Payment Mortgage (GPM) : A fixed-rate, fixed-schedule loan. It starts with lower payments than a level payment loan: payments rise annually, with the entire increase being used to reduce the outstanding balance. The . . . View Full Definition

Hand Coloring: Process of applying color tints, in the form of paint, to a photographic image to create or enhance the color effect.

Graduated-Payment Mortgage (GPM): A loan in which the monthly principal and interest payments increase by a certain percentage each year for a certain number of years and then level off for the remaining loan term.

Graduated Security: A type of long-term lease whose payments are variable rather than fixed, and depend upon a benchmark rate, such as changes in the consumer price index.

Graduated Call Writing: The time period stipulated in most loan contracts and insurance policies during which a late payment will not result in default or cancellation.

Fugitive Colors: The pigments in the 'fugitive' class of paints have the unfortunate characteristic of looking beautiful and unique when first painted but show bad side-effects over time. Side effects includ . . . View Full Definition