MURABAHA
\mjˌʊɹɐbˈɑːhə], \mjˌʊɹɐbˈɑːhə], \m_j_ˌʊ_ɹ_ɐ_b_ˈɑː_h_ə]\
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An Islamic financial transaction. Having property or an asset to sell, the owner will rent or lease it at a fully disclosed rate of profit to an interested buyer. Just like a rent-to-own situation, until the buyer has paid off the note for the asset in full, the owner retains full ownership rights over the asset.
By Henry Campbell Black
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).