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Paid-up Capitalचुक्ता पुँजीThe part of a company's issued share capital that shareholders have actually paid in full. For a bank it is the base of core capital and is used to judge size and strength.Capital & BaselPari Passu Chargeपारिपासु (समान हैसियतको धितो)Pari passu means "on an equal footing": lenders sharing a pari passu charge have equal rights over the same security, and recoveries are shared in proportion to their loans.Loans & CreditPass Loanअसल कर्जाA pass loan is a performing loan that is not overdue or is overdue by at most one month, and carries the lowest provision.Asset QualityPenal Interestपेनाल ब्याज (हर्जाना ब्याज)Penal interest is the extra interest a bank charges on overdue principal or instalments when a borrower fails to pay on the due date.Loans & CreditPer Capita Incomeप्रतिव्यक्ति आयPer capita income is a country's total national income divided by its population, showing the average income per person in a year.Economy & MarketsPerforming Loanसक्रिय कर्जाA performing loan is a loan on which principal and interest are being paid on time or are overdue by at most three months; in Nepal it covers the pass and watchlist classes.Asset QualityPersonal Guaranteeव्यक्तिगत जमानीA personal guarantee is a promise by an individual (or an institution, for a corporate guarantee) to repay a borrower's loan if the borrower fails to pay.Loans & CreditPhillips Curveफिलिप्स वक्रThe Phillips curve shows an inverse relationship between inflation and unemployment in the short run: lower unemployment tends to come with higher inflation, and vice versa.Economy & MarketsPledgeप्लेज (कब्जासहितको धितो)A pledge is the delivery of movable goods or documents to a lender as security, so that the lender holds possession until the loan is repaid while ownership stays with the borrower.Loans & CreditPolicy Rateनीतिगत दरThe benchmark interest rate set by NRB that signals its monetary policy stance and around which it aims to keep the interbank rate, placed in the middle of the interest rate corridor.Monetary Policy & NRBPolitically Exposed PersonPEPउच्चपदस्थ व्यक्तिA PEP is a person who holds or has held a prominent public function, such as a head of state, senior politician, senior judge or senior official of a state-owned body, whose position creates higher risk of corruption-related money laundering.Risk & CompliancePost-dated ChequePDCपोस्ट डेटेड चेक (अग्रिम मितिको चेक)A cheque bearing a date later than the date it is issued, which cannot be paid before that date.Cheques & InstrumentsPreference Shareअग्राधिकार शेयरA preference share gives its holder priority over equity shareholders for a fixed-rate dividend and for repayment of capital on liquidation, usually without normal voting rights.Economy & MarketsPremium over Base Rateआधार दरमाथिको प्रिमियमThe premium is the percentage points a bank adds to its base rate to fix the interest rate on a loan, reflecting the type, tenure and risk of the loan.Loans & CreditPrimary Marketप्राथमिक बजारThe primary market is the part of the capital market where new securities are issued for the first time and the issuing company receives the money.Economy & MarketsPrinciples of Lendingकर्जा लगानीका सिद्धान्तहरूThe principles of lending are the basic rules a bank follows to lend safely and profitably: safety, liquidity, profitability, purpose, security, diversification and the national interest.Loans & CreditProductive / Priority Sector Lendingतोकिएका (उत्पादनशील) क्षेत्रमा कर्जाPriority sector lending is NRB's requirement that banks lend at least a set share of their total loans to sectors the government wants to promote, such as agriculture, energy, tourism and small enterprises.Loans & CreditProject Financingपरियोजना वित्तीयकरणProject financing is long-term lending to a specific project where the loan is repaid mainly from the cash flows the project itself will generate, with the project's assets as the main security.Loans & CreditPublic Debtसार्वजनिक ऋणPublic debt is the total amount the government owes to domestic and foreign lenders, raised to cover budget deficits and finance development.Economy & Markets