BUILDING SOCIETY, similar to a Savings and Loan in the U.S., is a UK savings institution that specializes in loans for house purchase. Their members own building societies.
BACKWARDATION is the commission paid by a seller for the postponement of a transaction on a stock exchange when prices for cash delivery are higher than for forward delivery.
ONE-OFF is a happening that occurs only once and is not repeated, e.g. a one-off sale is a sales event that will occur only once.
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