stub period definition
Stub period In finance, in particular with reference to bonds and swaps, a stub period is a period of time over which interest accrues which is not equal to the usual interval between bond coupon. These normally occur because the interval between coupons does not fit neatly into the period that the bond was issued for, thus sometimes a bond`s final or first .... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stub_period