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Definition: Sinking Fund |
Sinking FundNoun1. A fund accumulated regularly in a separate account and used to redeem debt securities. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Economics | A fund accumulated from profits, by setting aside regular(generally annual)instalments sufficient at compound interest a)to replace the capital value of a wasting asset at the end of its useful life(when it is written off), e. g. a piece of machinery; b)or else to meet a known, future liability, e. g. repayment of a loan; c)or to recover an investment, e. g. a leasehold interest in property. Source: European Union. (references) |
Finance | An appropriation of profits for a known liability such as the repayment of a loan:the sum is that which must be deposited annually at compound interest to produce the required amount in the given time. It is generally operated by the trustees of a bond issue and is designed to retire a part or all of the issue by the final maturity date. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A fund used to accumulate the cash needed to pay off bonds or other debt instruments, or to pay for future replacement of plant and equipment. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Treasury | Sinking fund; stocks; public stocks, public funds, public securities, parliamentary stocks, parliamentary funds, parliamentary securities; Consols, credit mobilier; bonds. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | To be delivered forthwith a covering undertaking in writing to issue when, but not until, the Commission is satisfied that Germany can meet such interest and sinking fund obligations, a further installment of 40,000,000,000 Marks gold 5 per cent. bearer bonds, the time and mode of payment of principal and interest to be determined by the Commission. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Expression using "sinking fund": sinking fund bond. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "sinking fund"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | fond amortizimi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | амортизационен фонд. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | reinvesteringsfond, amortiseringsfond (redemption fund), amortisationsfond (redemption fund). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | amortisatiekas (amortisation, amortization), amortisatiefonds (redemption fund), aflossingsfonds (redemption fund). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | fonds d'amortissement. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Tilgungsfonds (amortization fund), Amortisationsfonds (redemption fund), Abschreibungsfonds (redemption fund), Ablösungsfonds (redemption fund). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κεφάλαιο απόσβησες (redemption fund), χρεωλυτικόν κεφάλαιον, χρεωλυτικό κεφάλαιο, εξοφλητικό απόθεμα, τοκοχρεωλυτικόν κεφάλαιον (redemption fund). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | törlesztési alap. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | fondo d'ammortamento (redemption fund). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 減債基金 (amortization fund). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | '"さいきき" (amortization fund). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | tashtey glennee. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | inkingsay undfay fundo de amortização (amortisation, amortization, redemption fund). (various references) capital amortizabil. (various references) амортизационный фонд (amortization fund, sinking-fund). (various references) fond za isplatu dugova. (various references) fondo de amortización (amortisation, amortization, redemption fund). (various references) avskrivningsfond, amorteringsfond. (various references) amortisman fonu. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-f-g-i-i-k-n-n-n-s-u" | |
-3 letters: findings, infusing, skinning. | |
-4 letters: dinking, dinning, disking, dunking, dunning, dusking, finding, finings, finking, finning, funding, funking, funning, induing, innings, knifing, nudniks, sinking, sinning, sunning. | |
-5 letters: diking, dingus, dining, duking, fining, fusing, indign, inking, inning, kinins, niding, nudnik, nuking, siding, skiing, unkind. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Commercial 3. Quotations: Historic 4. Expressions | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Anagrams 7. Bibliography |
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