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| Intermediary | Channel members operating between the producer and the consumer or industrial user to help in the movement of goods and services. |
| Credit Rating | The score assigned to a borrower based on previous loans. |
| Financial Market | A broad term describing any marketplace where trading of securities take place, such as, stocks, bonds, and currencies. |
| Liquidity | Describes the degree in which an asset or security can be quickly converted to cash or quickly bought or sold in the market without affecting the asset’s price. |
| Call Markets | A type of market in which each transaction takes place at predetermined time intervals. |
| Continuous Markets | Markets that are generating a level of activity that is healthy enough to allow a typical trade to take place without creating a significant impact on the current market price for the security. |
| Eurocurrency | The common currency used in many European nations. |
| Commodity | A basic good used in commerce that is interchangeable with other commodities of the same type. |