In a 1994 course syllabus, writer David Foster Wallace encouraged his students to be sedulous in their proofreading. Continue reading... There are a couple of words that basically mean the same thing as sedulous but are a little more common, namely assiduous, painstaking, and diligent.
Definition of an investment interest expense. When you borrow money to buy property for investment purposes, any interest you pay on that borrowed money becomes an investment interest expense.. For example, say you take out a $5,000 loan against your home equity and use the money to buy stock. The interest on that loan is investment interest.
If issued at a premium, the company pays less at maturity relative to the issueprice.The company records this adjustment to the cost as bond interest expense over thelife of the bonds through a process called amortization. Amortization of a discountincreases bond interest expense.