Early Settlement

The practice of settling a trade before the usual settlement date. This is fairly unusual; most contracts are settled between one and three days later. Generally speaking, early settlement is common in the last week of the calendar year when many trades must be settled sooner to guarantee tax advantages for one or both parties. Likewise, one may desire early settlement for other reasons, such as to receive a dividend on a certain date. See also: Cash contract.

early settlement

The transfer of a security or cash on a date prior to the usual settlement date. A buyer of stock may prefer an early settlement in order to be listed on a firm's books on the record date for a dividend. The buyer of a municipal bond may desire an early settlement in order to begin earning tax-free interest on an earlier date.

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There is an admirable foundation for a philosophic romance in the curious history of the early settlement of Mount Wollaston, or Merry Mount.

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The mother of Augustine was a Huguenot French lady, whose family had emigrated to Louisiana during the days of its early settlement. Augustine and another brother were the only children of their parents.

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For that reason, the HMO should consider the long-term implications of an early settlement policy.

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He divides the history into periods of the early settlement from Amsterdam in 1948 to Geneva in 1966, disturbance to Nairobi in 1975, impasse to Canberra in 1991, and the shape of the new to Busan in 2013.

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Sources said PM said that there was no dearth of resources and the government would ensure provision of assistance, rehabilitation and relief and early settlement process.

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I started the process of the early settlement as required by the bank but to my surprise, they took the total amount of Dh121,560 and refused to credit the rest of the interest.

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Together with Early Settlement and Irrigation on the Deh Luran Plain, this volume reports on the findings of an extensive archeological survey conducted in 1969 in the Deh Luran region of western Iran, providing insights into the history of agriculture and animal husbandry, traffic and trade along the ancient Achaemenid road that connected Susa to Sardis in western Anatolia, and the use of the region as seasonal pasture by various tribes of what are now Iraq and Iran.

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Under the ABI scheme, hire rates are lower than those the group had been charging, although this is in return for early settlement of claims, with insurers penalised for late payment.

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The poll, carried out by Irish Marketing Surveys, also highlighted little optimism over prospects for an early settlement in the peace talks.

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MIRPUR (AJK) -- Like rest of the world, Universal Peace Day was also observed in Azad Jammu Kashmir on Wednesday with a unanimous call for establishment of durable peace across the globe especially in Jammu and Kashmir through early settlement of the much-delayed Kashmir problem.

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