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1. ''Banking''.
''Economics - microeconomics''.


The non-contractual early repayment by bank customers of, for example, fixed rate mortgages.
An input to a process that is in limited supply.
 
 
2. ''Accounting''.
 
An amount paid in advance for a financial benefit, represented by an asset in the organisation's balance sheet.
 
It is a prepaid expense.
 
 
:<span style="color:#4B0082">'''''Example: Venue hire'''''</span>
 
:We book a venue for a function.
 
:And pay 50% of the hire fee in advance.
 
 
 
:The 50% paid in advance is an ASSET for us.
 
:We are going to enjoy the use of the venue in future, but it has already been paid for.
 
:So the 50% already paid represents a future economic benefit.


For example, appropriately skilled labour, or particular raw materials.




== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Accrual]]
* [[Limiting factor]]
* [[Average effective maturity]]
* [[Microeconomics]]
* [[Bookkeeping]]
* [[Production possibility curves]]
* [[Early Repayment Charge]]
* [[Scarce resource analysis]]
* [[Extension risk]]
* [[Scarcity]]
* [[Prepaid expense]]
* [[Prepayment risk]]
* [[Prepayments]]


[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]
[[Category:Financial_management]]
[[Category:Identify_and_assess_risks]]
[[Category:Knowledge_and_information_management]]
[[Category:Manage_risks]]
[[Category:Planning_and_projects]]
[[Category:Risk_frameworks]]
[[Category:The_business_context]]
[[Category:Corporate_finance]]
[[Category:Investment]]

Revision as of 14:33, 18 November 2020

Economics - microeconomics.

An input to a process that is in limited supply.

For example, appropriately skilled labour, or particular raw materials.


See also