level debt service — A municipal charter provision that debt payments must be relatively equal from year to year so that required revenue projections are easier. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary … Financial and business terms
debt service ratio — ➔ ratio * * * The proportion of a country s export earnings needed to cover interest and principal repayments of its foreign debts, particularly those owed by the public sector. A level of 20 percent is normally considered an acceptable… … Financial and business terms
Debt service coverage ratio — The debt service coverage ratio (DSCR), also known as debt coverage ratio, is the ratio of cash available for debt servicing to interest, principal and lease payments. It is a popular benchmark used in the measurement of an entity s (person or… … Wikipedia
Total Debt Service Ratio - TDS — A debt service measure that financial lenders use as a rule of thumb to give a preliminary assessment of whether a potential borrower is already in too much debt. More specifically, this ratio shows the proportion of gross income that is already… … Investment dictionary
Gross Debt Service Ratio - GDS — A debt service measure that financial lenders use as a rule of thumb to give a preliminary assessment about whether a potential borrower is already in too much debt. Receiving a ratio of less than 30% means that the potential borrower has an… … Investment dictionary
Debt-to-GDP ratio — Government debt as percentage of GDP globally. (2009 estimates) … Wikipedia
service — ▪ I. service ser‧vice 1 [ˈsɜːvs ǁ ˈsɜːr ] noun 1. [countable usually plural] COMMERCE business that involves selling help and advice, or delivering goods etc for customers, rather than manufacturing goods: • He charged a £600,000 fee for… … Financial and business terms
service — [[t]sɜ͟ː(r)vɪs[/t]] ♦ services, servicing, serviced (For meaning 14, services is both the singular and the plural form.) 1) N COUNT: usu with supp A service is something that the public needs, such as transport, communications facilities,… … English dictionary
Debt Limitation — A bond covenant that limits or restricts any additional debt that may be incurred by the issuer. Debt limitations look to protect the current lenders by maintaining the firm s degree of leverage. A debt limitation may take a variety of forms,… … Investment dictionary
level — Used in the context of general equities. Price measure of an indication. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * ▪ I. level lev‧el 1 [ˈlevl] noun 1. [countable] the measured amount of something that exists at a particular time or in a particular… … Financial and business terms
service — serv|ice1 [ sɜrvıs ] noun *** ▸ 1 system to meet needs ▸ 2 help/advice ▸ 3 doing government work ▸ 4 work/duties done for someone ▸ 5 organization giving help ▸ 6 religious ceremony ▸ 7 money to help pay waiter ▸ 8 use/benefit object gives ▸ 9 of … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
