See Also: Standby fee(finance)
Standby Fee(money)
Standby Commitment(money)
Standby Trust(law)
Standby agreement(finance)
Standby agreement(money)
standby 1, noun(dictionary)
standby 2, adjective(dictionary)
standby time(dictionary)
Standby commitment(finance)

Standby agreement (finance) and see(1) (iou)


Standby agreement (finance)


In a rights issue, agreement that the underwriter will purchase any stock not purchased by investors.





see(1) (iou)



see noun1. [si:] ME.
[Anglo-Norman se(d), Old French sie(d) from Proto-Romance word repr. Latin sedes seat, from sedere SIT verb.]
gen. A seat, a place where someone sits, (lit. & fig.); spec. (a) a royal throne; the rank or authority symbolized by this; (b) a person's usual place of abode. ME-L16.
Ecclesiastical.
a. The throne of a bishop or archbishop in the principal church of his diocese, a cathedra. Formerly also (rare), the church in which this is placed, a cathedral. arch. ME.
b. (Usu. See.) The office or jurisdiction of the Pope; the papacy. Freq. with specifying word. ME.
Apostolic See, Papal See, etc. Holy See, See of Rome the papacy, the papal court.
c. The office or jurisdiction of a bishop or archbishop, esp. of a particular diocese. Formerly also = DIOCESE 1. LME.
d. A city regarded as the seat of authority of a bishop or archbishop. M16-M18.
Comb.: see-city, see-town a city or town regarded as the principal city or town of a see.