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| assets | items of ownership convertible into cash; total resources of a person or business, as cash, notes and accounts receivable, securities, inventories, goodwill, fixtures, machinery, or real estate |
| currency | Money in any form when in actual use as a medium of exchange, especially circulating paper money. |
| liability | moneys owed; debts |
| collateral | security pledged for the payment of a loan |
| debit | the recording or an entry of debt in an account. |
| lien | the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation |
| cosigner | a joint signer of a negotiable instrument, esp. a promissory note. |
| foreclose | to deprive (a mortgagor or pledgor) of the right to redeem his or her property, esp. on failure to make payment on a mortgage when due, ownership of property then passing to the mortgagee |
| usury | the lending or practice of lending money at an exorbitant interest |
| creditor | a person or firm to whom money is due |
| interest | a sum paid or charged for the use of money or for borrowing money. |
| withdrawal | A removal from a place or position of something that has been deposited. |
| annuity | a specified income payable at stated intervals for a fixed or a contingent period, often for the recipient's life, in consideration of a stipulated premium paid either in prior installment payments or in a single payment. |
| investment | the investing of money or capital in order to gain profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value. |
| unsecured | not secured, esp. not insured against loss, as by a bond or pledge: an unsecured loan. |
| maturity | the state of being due. |
| diversified | distributed among or producing several types; varied: diversified investments. |
