It provides a way of raising new share capital by means of an offer to existing shareholders, inviting them to subscribe cash for new shares in proportion to their existing holdings.

Have a fixed percentage dividend before any dividend is paid to the ordinary shareholders.

It is long-term debt capital raised by a company for which interest is paid, usually half yearly and at a fixed rate.

Defined as the written acknowledgement of a debt incurred by a company, normally containing provisions about the payment of interest and the eventual repayment of capital.

A loan at a variable rate of interest is sometimes referred to as

It is an agreement between two parties, the "lessor" and the "lessee".

These are lease agreements between the user of the leased asset (the lessee) and a provider of finance (the lessor) for most, or all, of the asset's expected useful life.

It is similar to leasing, with the exception that ownership of the goods passes to the hire purchase customer on payment of the final credit installment, whereas a lessee never becomes the owner of the goods.

It is money put into an enterprise which may all be lost if the enterprise fails