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Escheat Period
Definition: The period of elapsed time required by applicable state law for property to be presumed abandoned.
Escheatment
Definition: The process of turning over unclaimed or abandoned property to a state authority. Escheatment laws require mutual funds to turn over uncashed or returned check dollars and/or client account fund shares if the owner cannot be located within a length of time determined by each state.
Escrow
Definition: Property or money held by a third party until the agreed upon obligations of a contract are met.
Escrow Account
Definition: Account held by a lender for payment of taxes, insurance, or other periodic debts against real property. The property owner pays a portion of the yearly taxes, insurance, etc., with each monthly payment. The lender pays the tax bill from the accumulated funds. Also called "impound account" or "trust account."
Escrow Receipt
Definition: A document provided by a bank in options trading to guarantee that the underlying security is on deposit and available for potential delivery.
Escrowed To Maturity (ETM)
Definition: Holding of the proceeds from a new bond issue to pay off an existing bond issue at its maturation date.
ESP
Definition: The ISO 4217 currency code for the Spanish Peseta.
Estate Planning
Definition: The preparation of a plan to carry out an individual's wishes as to the administration and disposition of his/her property before or after his/her death.
Estate Tax
Definition: A federal or state tax imposed on an individual's assets inherited by heirs.
Estimated Tax
Definition: Tax to be paid quarterly on income that is not subject to withholding tax, including self-employed income, investment income, alimony, rent, and capital gains.
ET
Definition: The two-character ISO 3166 country code for ETHIOPIA.
ETB
Definition: The ISO 4217 currency code for the Ethiopian Birr.
ETF
Definition: See: Exchange Traded Fund
Ethics
Definition: Standards of conduct or moral judgment.
EU
Definition: See: European Union
Euclidean Geometry
Definition: The Plane geometry learned in high school, based upon a few ideal, smooth, symmetric shapes.
EUR
Definition: The ISO 4217 currency code for Euro.
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