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  2. Gilt-edged securities - Wikipedia

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    Conventional gilts are denoted by their coupon rate and maturity year, e.g. 4 + 1 ⁄ 4 % Treasury Gilt 2055. The coupon paid on the gilt typically reflects the market rate of interest at the time of issue of the gilt, and indicates the cash payment per £100 that the holder will receive each year, split into two payments in March and September.

  3. River island - Wikipedia

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    A river island is any exposed landmass surrounded by river water. Properly defined, it excludes shoals between seasonally varying flows and may exclude semi-coastal islands in river deltas such as Marajó . These islands result from changes in the course of a river. Such changes may be caused by interactions with a tributary, or by the opposing ...

  4. Coupon - Wikipedia

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    Coupon. In marketing, a coupon is a ticket or document that can be redeemed for a financial discount or rebate when purchasing a product . Customarily, coupons are issued by manufacturers of consumer packaged goods [ 1] or by retailers, to be used in retail stores as a part of sales promotions. They are often widely distributed through mail ...

  5. Vehicle registration plates of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The code is either the last two digits of the year itself, if issued between March and August (e.g. "18" for registrations issued between 1 March and 31 August 2018), or else has fifty added to that value if issued between September and February the following year, (e.g. "68" for registrations issued between 1 September 2018 and 28 February 2019);

  6. Bernard Lewis (entrepreneur) - Wikipedia

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    Lewis opened his first fruit and vegetable shop in the North London area (on Holloway Road) at the age of 20 [3] and began selling clothing, primarily blouses and skirts, then dresses, in the 1940s. [1] His first clothes shop was in Mare Street, Hackney. [2] During the 1970s, he launched a chain of clothing stores, later called Chelsea Girl. [4]

  7. Conscription in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    t. e. In the United Kingdom, military conscription has existed for two periods in modern times. The first was from 1916 to 1920, and the second from 1939 to 1960. The last conscription term ended in 1963 although many soldiers chose to continue in the service beyond 1963. It was legally designated as "Military Service" from 1916 to 1920, and as ...

  8. List of James Bond films - Wikipedia

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    The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) After receiving a golden bullet with James Bond's code "007" etched into its surface M relieves Bond of a mission locating a British scientist, Gibson, who has invented the "Solex agitator", a device to harness solar power, thereby solving the energy crisis.

  9. Original issue discount - Wikipedia

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    The daily portion of the discount uses a compounded interest formula with the principal recalculated every six months. The following table illustrates how to calculate the original issue discount for a $7,462 bond with a $10,000 repayment and a three-year maturity date: [2]