Look up: reserves

1. Reserves
   Monies earmarked by health plans to cover anticipated claims and operating expenses A fiscal method of withholding a certain percentage of premium to provide a fund for committed but undelivered health care and such uncertainties as: longer hospital utilization levels than expected, over-utilization...
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2. Reserves
   1. monetary assets held by central banks to intervene in foreign exchange markets and to settle international debts. 2. additional claims of shareholders in a company.
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3. Reserves
   The term 'reserves' has a variety of technical and ordinary meanings, depending on the context in which it is used. The charity commission uses the term 'reserves' to describe that part of a charity's income funds that is freely available for its general purposes. 'Reserves' are therefore the resour...
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4. Reserves
   The proportion of a company`s profit not distributed to shareholders as dividends; An account kept aside by the trustees of a pension fund to cover declines in asset values or investment returns.
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5. reserves
   Usually refers to liabilities established by insurers and reinsurers to reflect the estimated cost of claims payments payable in the future. Sometimes refer to surplus capital, mainly in the US.
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6. Reserves
   The value of net assets over and above the issued capital.
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7. reserves
   Proven: measured mineral resources, where technical economic studies show that extraction is justifiable at the time of the determination and under specific economic conditions Probable: Measured and/or indicated mineral resources which are not yet proven, but where technical economic studies show that extraction is justifiable at the time of the d…
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8. Reserves
   The retained profits of a company which form part of its... <a target=_blank href='http://www.finance-glossary.com/terms/reserves.htm?id=1243&ginPtrCode=00000&PopupMode=false' title='Read full definition of reserves'>more</a>
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9. reserves
   Monies retained in case of emergency or to be used at a later date. Gold bullion and foreign currency reserves are held by a central bank such as the Bank of England. They are used to intervene in...
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10. reserves
    generally the amount of economically recoverable oil or gas in a particular reservoir that is available for production;
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11. reserves
    the account showing earnings retained on a long term basis,i.e.statutory reserves,undistributable reserves,reserves required by the memorandum and articles of association or by contract,other reserves Category: Commerce - movement of goods
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12. reserves
    Categories of liquid assets of a bank or company consisting mainly of retained profits.
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13. Reserves
    1. International reserves of a government or central bank. 2. Amounts held by commerical banks in their vaults or on deposit with the central bank as backing for deposits.
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14. Reserves
    In asset-based lending the difference between the value of the collateral and the amount lent. Also, funds set aside for emergencies or other future needs. Reserves can arise from the retention of profits or from events such as the issue of shares at a premium or the revaluation of assets.
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