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**hedges** - In CATS, you can have entries that attached to contracts that hedge the price of a future trade. These are referred to as hedges. They are against a specific futures month and price, usually made via a broker.\\ | **hedges** - In CATS, you can have entries that attached to contracts that hedge the price of a future trade. These are referred to as hedges. They are against a specific futures month and price, usually made via a broker.\\ | ||
+ | **hold feature** - This feature will create a hold for a specific account, with no sale created.\\ | ||
**HTML printing** - Print to a spreadsheet, | **HTML printing** - Print to a spreadsheet, | ||
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- | **on account invoice** - \\ | + | **on account invoice** - A G/L entry that appears as an open invoice on reports and for a counterparty account, used to indicate a credit due to overpayment of invoices.\\ |
- | **open futures position report** - \\ | + | **open futures position report** - A list of all open futures trades in the system in report format.\\ |
**open invoice report** - \\ | **open invoice report** - \\ | ||
**open position** - For **'' | **open position** - For **'' | ||
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**position** - \\ | **position** - \\ | ||
**posting** - Posting a transaction (including invoices) moves the transaction from a pending file to the General Ledger, where it will now affect the G/L numbers associated with it. Once a transaction is posted, you can review both sides of it in the General Ledger.\\ | **posting** - Posting a transaction (including invoices) moves the transaction from a pending file to the General Ledger, where it will now affect the G/L numbers associated with it. Once a transaction is posted, you can review both sides of it in the General Ledger.\\ | ||
- | **price-fixing** - \\ | + | **price-fixing** - A trade that takes fixes the price on a contract item, partially or fully. Each lot represents a lot on the exchange. When you enter a price fixing, you enter the price agreed upon and CATS adds the differential to get the fixed price.\\ |
**prime rate** - Uses a table of interest rates for a date range to calculate interest on a G/L Account, on a single amount, or on a list of amounts and dates.\\ | **prime rate** - Uses a table of interest rates for a date range to calculate interest on a G/L Account, on a single amount, or on a list of amounts and dates.\\ | ||
**print menu** - A menu used by CATS to determine where and in what file format you want your output to print - e.g., Printer, PDF, Transfer folder.\\ | **print menu** - A menu used by CATS to determine where and in what file format you want your output to print - e.g., Printer, PDF, Transfer folder.\\ | ||
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- | **quality** - \\ | + | **quality** - A coded field that can be used to further identify material.\\ |
- | **quantity** - \\ | + | **quantity** - Amount in contract units. |
**'?' | **'?' | ||
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**reversal (invoice)** - This type of invoice is simply a complete opposite of the original invoice that effectively negates the first invoice. For a purchase, this means removing units and weight from inventory and removing the amount due. For a sale invoice, this means returning units and weight to inventory and removing the amount credited.\\ | **reversal (invoice)** - This type of invoice is simply a complete opposite of the original invoice that effectively negates the first invoice. For a purchase, this means removing units and weight from inventory and removing the amount due. For a sale invoice, this means returning units and weight to inventory and removing the amount credited.\\ | ||
**reindexing process** - \\ | **reindexing process** - \\ | ||
- | **remarks** - \\ | + | **remarks** - A remark is a note that can be included in an edit field. You can save a remark and import it into a field. This will help you from having to type the same text over and over again. |
**report formats** - \\ | **report formats** - \\ | ||
**reports** - \\ | **reports** - \\ |