Please Define the Following Key Terms

question 56

Essay

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-European Union

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Definitions:

Interest Rate

The amount charged, expressed as a percentage of principal, by a lender to a borrower for the use of assets.

Put Option

An economic arrangement that offers the holder a privilege, absent any mandate, to liquidate a specified quantum of a core asset at a stipulated price throughout a fixed duration.

Expiration

The point in time when a financial contract (e.g., option, futures contract) reaches its end date and is either executed or becomes void.

Dividend

Shareholders receive a payment from a corporation, commonly as a share of the company's profits.