settlement risk

settlement risk definition - finance
The risk that one party of a transaction wonÂ’t be able to fulfill its part of the transaction between the time the agreement is struck and when it is settled.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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