Islamic finance refers to the means by which corporations in the Muslim world, including banks and other lending institutions, raise capital in accordance with Shari'ah, or Islamic law.
"Access to finance" refers to the inclusion of firms' cash-flow among the control variables in the matching to ensure that differences in firm's financial restrictions do not bias the baseline estimates.
Confederate war finance refers to the various means, fiscal and monetary, through which the Confederate States of America financed their war effort during the American Civil War.
The "AAA" rating is supposed to indicate that there is virtually no credit risk -- the risk is equivalent to U.S. government bonds, which finance refers to as "risk-free".
Michael Drewniak, a spokesman for Mr. Christie, declined on Monday to comment on Community Education's finances, referring questions to the Corrections Department.
"Clinton is agricultural in character, but it is losing that status quickly to development," said Lee Voorhees, its director of financing, referring to the reason residents voted for the tax.
Project financing refers to a type of structured non-recourse or limited recourse financing that has traditionally been used for long-term and large-scale infrastructure projects.
Compensatory financing refers to international financial assistance to a country whose export earnings have suffered as a result of a decline in primary commodity prices.
Correction: January 19 , 2001 Friday An article on Saturday about various states' responses to court orders for more equitable school financing referred imprecisely to New Jersey's prekindergarten program.
Correction: June 19 , 2001 Tuesday An article on Saturday about allegations that prosecutors improperly leaked information about the investigation of Senator Robert G. Torricelli's campaign and personal finances referred incorrectly to a judge's ruling on the issue.
