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STEP-DOWN [3 records]

Record 1 2012-09-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stock Exchange
  • Investment
OBS

If the instrument decreases by level, the amortizing instrument may be call "step-down".

OBS

We can also find, for example, "amortizing swap", "amortizing cap", and "amortizing collar".

Key term(s)
  • step down

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bourse
  • Investissements et placements
DEF

Se dit d'un instrument dérivé dont le notionnel diminue progressivement au cours de la durée de l'instrument, de la même manière que le nominal d'un emprunt remboursable par versements.

OBS

On retrouve par exemple le «swap décroissant», le «plafond décroissant» et le «tunnel décroissant».

Spanish

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Record 2 1994-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Facilities and Equipment (Rubber)
DEF

Dubbing in the form of a stepwise reduction in the roller cover thickness at the end.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations et équipement (Caoutchouc)
DEF

Enfoncement réalisé par réduction par paliers de l'épaisseur du revêtement du cylindre (rouleau) aux extrémités.

Spanish

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Record 3 1980-07-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mass Transit
OBS

voyageurs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transports en commun
OBS

T-310-27; AZQA, p. 40; janv. 1973.

Spanish

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