Terms Starting with C

  • Commission Canadienne des Droits de la Personne (CCDP)Acronym, Canada,
      French acronym for Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC).
    • Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) Company Est. 1994,
      • Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs (CFJA)Acronym, Canada,
        • Commissioners Annuity Reserve Valuation Method (CARVM)Acronym,
          • Commissioners' Reserve Valuation Method Definition,
            • A method used to determine the minimum statutory reserves for annuities and insurance products.
          • Commitment Definition,
            • A written agreement from a lender promising to lend money on certain terms for a specified time period.
          • Commitment Fee Definition,
            • A fee paid by a borrower to a lender who promises to lend money on certain terms for a specified time period.
          • Commitment Letter Definition,
            • A formal offer by a lender which states the terms under which it agrees to lend money to a home buyer. Also known as a "loan commitment." This letter will indicate the contingencies that must be cleared prior to funding the loan.
          • Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)Acronym, United States,
              A US acronym.
            • Committee on Life Insurance Financial Reporting (CLIFR)Acronym, Canada,
              • Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures (CUSIP) Acronym,
                • Commodities as Investment (CAI)Acronym, Canada,
                  • Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)Company,
                    • Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA)Acronym,
                      • Commodity-Dependent Developing Countries (CDDCs)Abbreviation,
                        • Common Area Assessment Definition,
                          • A levy against individual unit owners in a condominium or planned unit development to pay for upkeep, repairs, and improvements to the property's common areas, such as hallways, elevators, parkades, swimming pools, and gym facilities.
                        • Common Area Maintenance (CAM) Acronym,
                          • A periodic assessment that residents pay to their homeowners or condominium association to pay for maintenance and repair of common areas.
                          Fee used to maintain areas shared by tenants.
                        • Common Areas Definition,
                          • Areas of a building or land and the amenities owned (or managed) by a planned unit development, or condominium project's homeowners' association, or a cooperative project's cooperative corporation that are used by all of the unit owners who share in the common expenses of their operation and maintenance. Common areas include swimming pools, tennis courts, and other recreational facilities, as well as common hallways of buildings, parkades, means of ingress and egress, etc.
                        • Common Charges (CC)Acronym,
                          • Common Customs Tariff (CCT)Acronym,
                            • Common Departmental Financial System (CDFS)Acronym, Canada,
                              • Common Experience Payment (CEP)Acronym, Canada,
                                • Common External Tariff (CET, CXT)Acronym,
                                  • Common Gateway Interface (CGI)Acronym,
                                    • Common Interest Development (CID) Acronym,
                                      • A housing area in which owners belong to a homeowners association that owns and maintains common areas.
                                    • Common Law (CL) Acronym, Very Important,
                                      • Traditional, unwritten law based on English custom.
                                      Laws developed by judges through court decisions and precedent.
                                    • Common Law Marriage (CLM) Acronym,
                                      • To be recognized as being married without foregoing a matrimonial ceremony.
                                    • Common Stock (CS) Acronym,
                                      • A security that allocates partial ownership in a corporation, but at a lower standing than preferred stocks.
                                    • Common Stock Non-Voting (CSNV)Acronym,
                                        Also referred to as non-voting shares.
                                      • Community Access Program (CAP)Acronym, Canada,
                                        • Provides Canadians with economic, social or geographic barriers affordable public access to the Internet.
                                        Government of Canada initiative offered through Industry Canada.
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