Definitions for "UIT"
Unit Investment Trust. An SEC-registered investment company which purchases...
Unit Investment Trust. A portfolio of securities held in trust. Units in the trust are sold to investors who receive a share of interest payments and a share of the principal, as the securities in the portfolio mature or are called.
Unit Investment Trust. A type of investment company that typically makes a one-time "public offering" of only a specific, fixed number of units. A uit will terminate and dissolve on a date established when the uit is created (although some may terminate more than fifty years after they are created). Uits do not actively trade their investment portfolios.... read full article
Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope, flown on the Astro-1 and Astro-2 missions of the space shuttle. Used an image intensifier to photograph numerous celestial objects at wavelengths 1200-2800 Angstroms, all of which are absorbed by the Earth's atmosphere.
Union Internationale des Télécommunications (International Telecommunication Union)
underlying underwriting group