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A court order that directs a person or entity who holds funds or assets for a debtor to withhold these from the debtor and release them to the debtor's creditor in order to pay off the debt.
''Accounting''.


For example, an order from a court forbidding a bank to release money that it holds in the account of one party (the debtor) for as long as that party owes money to a second party (the creditor).
This represents the amount of money ‘owed’ to the owner (shareholder) of the company.


The second party obtains the garnishee order and the bank is the garnishee.
In a profitable and conservative company, reserves will normally comprise a significant balance of accumulated undistributed profits.
 
 
''Banking''.
 
Deposits maintained by non-[[central bank]] [[monetary financial institution]]s with their central bank in the latter's capacity as 'the bankers' bank'. Central banks may require institutions to maintain minimum balances with the central bank, in which case balances in excess of the minimum are known as 'excess reserves'. Of course banks publish accounts and use the term in the accounting sense also - do not be confused by this.




== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Bad debts]]
* [[Interest on excess reserves]]
* [[Lien]]
* [[Merger reserve]]
* [[Order]]
* [[Official reserves]]
* [[Reserve requirements]]
* [[Special drawing rights]]
* [[Trapped cash]]


[[Category:The_business_context]]
[[Category:Long_term_funding]]
[[Category:Compliance_and_audit]]
[[Category:Manage_risks]]

Revision as of 13:34, 20 May 2015

Accounting.

This represents the amount of money ‘owed’ to the owner (shareholder) of the company.

In a profitable and conservative company, reserves will normally comprise a significant balance of accumulated undistributed profits.


Banking.

Deposits maintained by non-central bank monetary financial institutions with their central bank in the latter's capacity as 'the bankers' bank'. Central banks may require institutions to maintain minimum balances with the central bank, in which case balances in excess of the minimum are known as 'excess reserves'. Of course banks publish accounts and use the term in the accounting sense also - do not be confused by this.


See also