Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
- franchise tax
- a tax that is imposed by states on corporations; it depends both on the net worth of the corporation and on its net income attributable to activities within the state
- assessment
- an amount determined as payable
- ration
- a fixed portion that is allotted (especially in times of scarcity)
- crown jewel
- the most desirable assets of a corporation
- meed
- a fitting reward
- bank
- the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games
- mortgage
- a conditional conveyance of property as security for the repayment of a loan
- freehold
- an estate held in fee simple or for life
- exchange premium
- a fee charged for exchanging currencies
- freehold
- tenure by which land is held in fee simple or for life
- big money
- a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit)
- active trust
- a trust in which the trustee must perform certain duties
- emerald
- a transparent piece of emerald that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
- hoarded wealth
- accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc.
- reversion
- (law) an interest in an estate that reverts to the grantor (or his heirs) at the end of some period (e.g., the death of the grantee)
- zero coupon security
- a security that makes no interest payments but instead is sold at a deep discount from its face value
- markup
- the amount added to the cost to determine the asking price
- assignment
- (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance
- no man's land
- land that is unowned and uninhabited (and usually undesirable)
- HMO
- group insurance that entitles members to services of participating hospitals and clinics and physicians
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