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DISINTERMEDIATION Definition

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DISINTERMEDIATION is the diversion of savings from accounts with low fixed interest rates to direct investment in high-yielding instruments.

 

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CASH DISBURSEMENTS/PAYMENTS JOURNAL is the journal recording all disbursements (or payments).

ABSORB is to assimilate, transfer or incorporate amounts in an account or a group of accounts in a manner in which the first entity loses its identity and is "absorbed" within the second entity. For example, see ABSORPTION COSTING.


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