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Credit Terms

The conditions under which credit will be extended to a customer. The components of credit terms are: cash discount, credit period, net period.

credit terms

the basis (usually the number of days delay in payment) on which goods are released to the customer before payment is received.

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The intention is to conduct the survey four times a year, covering changes in credit terms in conditions over the three-month reference periods ending in February, May, August and November.

Belgium : New ECB survey on credit terms and conditions in ?euro-denominated securities financing and OTC derivatives markets

He said that if the customer is a private company, with less information about it publicly available, he will look into whether the construction job that customer is involved in is bondable and lienable before deciding on credit terms.

A credit look at new customers

Eddy Sumar, CCE, CICE, International Trade Financing Manager, Rain Bird International, Inc., said it is important not to over-react or to act too quickly to political developments in other countries, adding that it's important to first acquire as much information as possible before deciding on whether or not to change credit terms on sales into that country.

Bolivia's country risk--should it change credit terms?

Banks and securities firms have demanded more information and tightened their credit terms, especially vis-a-vis highly leveraged institutions.

Statements to the Congress

Universal, the leading manufacturer of treated lumber products, was also extending credit terms based on 1 percent 10 days, net 30.

A preference defense quartet: four recent court decisions to mull over

If credit customers require that they be given time to ensure that in fact they got what they wanted, and they require time to process the billing, credit terms must be extended or a profitable sale is lost.

Sales & cash flow enhancement: a profit center waiting to happen

Credit executives, today--more than ever--need to know what can or cannot be done, what can or cannot be discussed, when and how credit terms may be adjusted, and what is currently covered under the various antitrust statutes.

Antitrust and internet issues for the credit executive. (The Scoop)

We believe the credit market works best when it is unencumbered and when consumers have the information they need to compare available credit terms.

Statements to the Congress

while granting another dealer credit terms can support a price discrimination claim.

Antitrust in this Internet era: more myths to dispel and realities to understand. (Business Credit Selected Topic)

Although they seem to have stopped tightening credit terms, a significant easing is not yet evident.

Statement to the Congress

Alas, the trade creditor's dilemma--to sell on cash in advance or cash on delivery terms and risk losing its customer, or sell on credit terms and incur the risk of a double loss on both the creditor's post-petition trade credit claim and pre-petition general unsecured claim if the Chapter 11 fails.

The Kmart trade lien program--is it what it is cracked up to be? (Business Law)

Its suppliers had also cut the credit terms on which it trades, the company said.