The minimum quantity of an order entered into the Normal, Spot and Auction markets. The order that does not carry any special conditions (Minimum Fill, All or None) is treated as a regular lot order.

Record date is the date on which the beneficial ownership of an investor is entered into the register of members. Such a member is entitled to get all the corporate benefits.

The issues of new shares to existing shareholders in a fixed ratio to those already held at a price which is generally below the market price of the old shares.These are the relatively rare occasions in a company's life when it will create new shares, the proceeds of which will go directly into its bank account, instead of giving a profit (or a loss) to an existing shareholder. The issue of additional equity shares to the existing shareholders on a pre-emptive basis. Typically, the subscription price of a rights issue is significantly below the market price of the old shares.

Real Return
The rate return earned on an investment after adjusting for the rate of inflation.

Rolling Settlement
This is the system by which shares are bought, sold and paid for. Rolling Settlements is a mechanism of settling trades. in Rolling Settlements, trades done on a single day are settled separately from the trades of other day on Trade day + 5 days. As such netting of trades is done only for the day and not for multiple days. As such, in Rolling Settlement, settlement is carried out on a daily basis.

Current interest rate less the rate of inflation.

Short- term money market instrument; transaction where one party agrees to sell a security to another party for cash. The seller agrees to repurchase the security later.