object

1. Accounting: Purchased good or service itself as distinct from the purpose for which it was bought.

2. Modeling: Representation of the real world situation that can be modeled according to the requirements of the modeling architecture.

3. Programming: Self-contained software component that includes both data (properties) and code (actions), and can be reused as a module in creating different programs.

The objects of a financier are, then, to secure an ample revenue; to impose it with judgment and equality; to employ it economically; and, when necessity obliges him to make use of credit, to secure its foundations in that instance, and for ever, by the clearness and candor of his proceedings, the exactness of his calculations, and the solidity of his funds.