Fines and penalties are fees imposed by governments on their citizens for actions which are deemed to be transgressions of laws or regulations. The transgression involved is usually relatively minor; otherwise it would have been punished by imprisonment instead, although it does sometimes occur that fines are levied in addition to criminal sanctions. Fines and [...]

A loan term is the time period over which the loan will be repaid. The term of a loan is usually, but not always, fixed at the time the loan was initially agreed. It could be absolutely anything but, for a bank loan, a typical term might be five to ten years. During the term [...]