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1. ''Agency - law.''
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In agency law, an individual or other legal person represented by an agent.
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In financial markets 'short term' usually means remaining maturities of up to and including one year.


2. ''Law - legal persons.''
There are some minor exceptions. For example in bond markets 'short term' can refer to original maturities of less than two years.


In law, a legal person acting on their own behalf.


2.  ''Financial reporting''.


3.  ''Investment and borrowing.''
For financial reporting purposes, short term borrowings and other liabilities are ones payable within a year, or the next financial reporting period, if shorter.
 
The amount of an investment or a loan, excluding any interest.
 
When the whole of a loan is drawn down at the start, the principal is simply the amount originally borrowed.
 
 
4.  ''Financial instruments - cashflows.''
 
The reference amount of a traded financial instrument, used to determine its future cashflows.
 
 
5.  ''Importance - scale.''
 
Most important, or largest.
 
 
The concepts of 'principal' above, should not be confused with ''principle'', which is different.




== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Acceleration]]
* [[Balance sheet]]
* [[Agency]]
* [[Bond]]
* [[Agent]]
* [[Duration]]
* [[Annuity factor]]
* [[Life]]
* [[Arm’s length principle]]
* [[Longer term]]
* [[Contractor]]
* [[Maturity]]
* [[Coupon]]
* [[Quoted rate]]
* [[Coupon rate]]
* [[Short]]
* [[Dual currency bond]]
* [[Short dates]]
* [[Endowment]]
* [[Short-term investments]]
* [[Employee]]
* [[Short-term notes payable]]
* [[Employer]]
* [[Short termism]]
* [[Foreign currency bond]]
* [[Term]]
* [[Forward forward contract]]
* [[Instalment]]
* [[Interest]]
* [[Mortgage]]
* [[Non-performing loan]]
* [[Notional principal]]
* [[Paying agent]]
* [[Point]]
* [[Principal employer]
* [[Principal risk]
* [[Principal value]
* [[Principal write down]
* [[Principle]]
* [[Security]]
* [[Self-financing loan]]
* [[Separate personality principle]]
* [[Terminal value]]


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[[Category:Long_term_funding]]
[[Category:Cash_management]]
[[Category:Financial_products_and_markets]]
[[Category:Liquidity_management]]

Latest revision as of 17:02, 7 July 2022

(ST).

1.

In financial markets 'short term' usually means remaining maturities of up to and including one year.

There are some minor exceptions. For example in bond markets 'short term' can refer to original maturities of less than two years.


2. Financial reporting.

For financial reporting purposes, short term borrowings and other liabilities are ones payable within a year, or the next financial reporting period, if shorter.


See also