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Now dear old {{tag|ISDA}} ''loves'' definitions, and you will be obliged to consult one or several definitions booklets, often with conflicting definitions, as well as the definitions in {{isdama}}, the {{isdaprov|Schedule}} and the {{isdaprov|Confirmation}} to work out what a capitalised expression might mean.
Now dear old {{tag|ISDA}} ''loves'' definitions, and you will be obliged to consult one or several definitions booklets, often with conflicting definitions, as well as the definitions in {{isdama}}, the {{isdaprov|Schedule}} and the {{isdaprov|Confirmation}} to work out what a capitalised expression might mean.


==Approach==
===''How'' to use definitions===  
===''How'' to use definitions===  
'''How many'''? Err on the side of fewer rather than more, but a decent rule of thumb is ''how much text do you save?''. The longer a turgid expression is; the more it appears, the more justified you are in defining it.  
'''How many'''? Err on the side of fewer rather than more, but a decent rule of thumb is ''how much text do you save?''. The longer a turgid expression is; the more it appears, the more justified you are in defining it.