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A/R

A/R is the abbreviation for accounts receivable.

[Last updated in June of 2022 by the Wex Definitions Team]

accelerated depreciation

Accelerated depreciation is any method of depreciation where the business depreciates a greater proportion of an asset’s value earlier in its life. A common accelerated depreciation method is MACRS. Compare with straight-line depreciation...

accelerated filer

Accelerated filer is a class of reporting company which has shorter deadlines to file their periodic reports.

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Rule 12b-2 establishes the requirements that a company must satisfy to...

acceleration clause

An accelerated clause is a term in a loan agreement that requires the borrower to pay off the loan immediately under certain conditions. An accelerated clause is typically invoked when the borrower materially breaches the loan agreement....

accredited investor

Under federal law, an accredited investor is a special kind of investor that due to certain special circumstances or qualities - as the ones indicated in Rule 501 of Regulation D - is allowed to purchase or be offered to purchase unregistered...

accumulated earnings

Accumulated earnings represent a company’s net profit after having distributed dividends to the stockholders. It is often used in accounting to determine how much net profits a company has left after having paid dividends. To calculate...

adverse domination

The doctrine of adverse domination allows the statute of limitations on a claim for breach of fiduciary duty against directors and officers of a corporation to be tolled until the corporation is no longer controlled by the alleged wrongdoers. This...

adverse interest

There are three main types of adverse interests.

An adverse interest can mean an interest, claim or right that is against another’s interest. For example, a plaintiff and defendant have adverse interests. A witness with...

alter ego

Alter ego is a legal doctrine whereby the court finds that a corporation lacks a separate identity from an individual or corporate shareholder. The court applies this rule to ignore the corporate status of a group of stockholders, officers,...

annual meeting

Annual meeting refers to the shareholders' general meeting held yearly on the date or according to the formula by which such a meeting date will be fixed, as prescribed in the corporation's bylaws. The purpose of the annual meeting is for...

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