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Art Fund (formerly the National Art Collections Fund) is an independent membership-based British charity, which raises funds to aid the acquisition of artworks for the nation. It gives grants and acts as a channel for many gifts and bequests, as well as lobbying on behalf of museums and galleries and their users.
Typographical symbols and punctuation marks are marks and symbols used in typography with a variety of purposes such as to help with legibility and accessibility, or to identify special cases. This list gives those most commonly encountered with Latin script. For a far more comprehensive list of symbols and signs, see List of Unicode characters.
A homogeneous mixture of two or more chemical elements, where the resulting compound has metallic properties. Common coin alloys include cupro-nickel (copper and nickel) and bronze (copper and tin). altered date. A false date put on a coin to defraud collectors, usually to make it appear more valuable.
A mutual fund is a type of pooled investment fund in which many people own shares. Mutual funds invest in many different companies, and some even invest in the entire stock market. However, when ...
The fylfot or fylfot cross ( / ˈfɪlfɒt / FILL-fot) and its mirror image, the gammadion, are types of swastika associated with medieval Anglo-Saxon culture. It is a cross with perpendicular extensions, usually at 90° or close angles, radiating in the same direction. However – at least in modern heraldry texts, such as Friar and Woodcock ...
A slush fund is a fund or account used for miscellaneous income and expenses, particularly when these are corrupt or illegal. [1] Such funds may be kept hidden and maintained separately from money that is used for legitimate purposes. Slush funds may be employed by government or corporate officials in efforts to pay influential people ...
Sinking fund. A sinking fund is a fund established by an economic entity by setting aside revenue over a period of time to fund a future capital expense, or repayment of a long-term debt . In North America and elsewhere where it is common for government entities and private corporations to raise funds through the issue of bonds, the term is ...
Sustainable finance. v. t. e. An exchange-traded fund ( ETF) is a type of investment fund that is also an exchange-traded product, i.e., it is traded on stock exchanges. [1] [2] [3] ETFs own financial assets such as stocks, bonds, currencies, debts, futures contracts, and/or commodities such as gold bars. The list of assets that each ETF owns ...