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(countable, commerce) A loan of money.
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(accounting) The total revenue minus costs properly chargeable against goods sold.
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(accounting) from the creditor's viewpoint, a charge incurred in one accounting period that has not been, but is to be, paid by the end of it.
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(obsolete) A share in the capital stock of a joint-stock company, or in the public funds.
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(finance) The return of a given asset or portfolio adjusted for systematic risk.
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(accounting) The left side of a balance sheet.
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A transferal of the current amount owing on one credit card to another one (ideally one charging a lower rate of interest)
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(accounting) Amount paid for an investment, including commissions and other expenses.
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A statement of the items which form the total amount of the costs of a party to a suit or action.
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that is characterized by the level of revenues just sufficient to cover costs
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(business, management) The point where total costs equal total revenue and the organization neither makes a profit nor suffers a loss.
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Alternative spelling of break-even [that is characterized by the level of revenues just sufficient to cover costs]
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Alternative form of call rate [(economics) The interest rate on a call loan]
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(accounting) An asset that is recorded on a balance sheet as capital - that is, property that creates more property, such as a factory that creates shoes, or a forest that yields a quantity of wood.
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(US, accounting) Any single asset which has an acquisition cost of $5,000 or more and a useful life of more than one year, whether purchased outright, acquired through a capital lease or through donation. It also includes certain constructed or fabricated items and certain component parts (See UW Shared Financial System Accounts and Definitions.) It does not include real property (land), software or library holdings.
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(economics) Expenses incurred by a company to maintain a long-term asset.
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(finance) A line representing the relationship between expected return and standard deviation.
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(economics) The part of national income, or the income of a particular economic sector, allocated to capital.
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(finance) The way that a corporation finances its assets through some combination of equity, debt, and hybrid securities.
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(finance) A share of the profits of an investment paid to the investment manager in excess of the amount that the manager contributes to the partnership.
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(business) A product, service, or enterprise that generates ongoing, high net free cash flows.
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Cash that is on hand for any expenses.
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(business) Having the ability to maintain adequate cash on hand to cover incurred expenses.
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Alternative spelling of cash flow [(accounting) The sum of cash revenues and expenditures over a period of time.]
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(finance) A collective investment scheme with a limited number of shares.
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(obsolete, London Stock Exchange) Fee paid by a buyer to the seller on settlement day when the buyer wishes to defer settlement until the next settlement day.
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(obsolete, London Stock Exchange) The second day before payment of a contango debt is due.
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(finance) A convertible security: a stock, bond, etc. that can be turned into another (usually common stock) under certain set terms.
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(finance) A security that can be converted into another security.
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(accounting) The expense of acquiring the inventory that is sold during a given accounting period.
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(banking, finance) The amount of money owed on a credit card.
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A method of payment in which an amount of money (credit) is transferred directly from one account to another, in the same or different bank
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(finance) A metric used by brokers to represent the number of trades the broker can expect to make revenue from in a day
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(accounting) To calculate the net value of assets after removing both debt and the projected cost of interest on borrowed capital.
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(accounting) The measurement of the decline in value of assets. Not to be confused with impairment, which is the measurement of the unplanned, extraordinary decline in value of assets.
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(finance) The process or result of the sale of securities, especially their placement among investors with long-term investment strategies.
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(finance) An investment strategy involving investing in a range of assets with differing features in order to reduce specific risk.
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(finance) A fund set up to ensure that dividends remain stable despite changes in a company's earnings
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(accounting) Acronym of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization: revenue after the subtraction of dividends but before the deduction of interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization.
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(finance) Repayment to an investor in a unit trust or OEIC of an increase in the unit price to cover the seller’s entitlement to income received from the underlying investments but not yet distributed to unit holders, repaid as part of the first distribution of income to that investor.
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To divide (real estate or other assets) among several investors and place into publicly traded stock.
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(finance) Having an associated right to be exchanged for another form of financial security.
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A bank account which employees may make withdrawals from for work-related purposes.
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(informal) The amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, etc., without any interest or discount; face value.
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(Britain, finance) The selling cost or distribution cost of issuing new securities.
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(business) A measure of a company's financial performance, calculated as Net income plus depreciation and amortization, less changes in working capital, less capital expenditure.
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Short for futures contract. [(finance) A standardized contract, traded on a futures exchange, to buy or sell a standardized quantity of a specified commodity (or financial instrument) of standardized quality at a certain date in the future, at a stated price (the futures price).]
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(finance) A standardized contract, traded on a futures exchange, to buy or sell a standardized quantity of a specified commodity (or financial instrument) of standardized quality at a certain date in the future, at a stated price (the futures price).
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(trading, economics, finance) An exchange in which one can trade on commodities or financial instruments at a specified price for delivery at a specified future time.
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(business) The difference between revenue and direct cost, often expressed as the ratio gross margin percent.
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(accounting) the difference between net sales and the cost of goods sold
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(plural only, business, accounting) The total invoice value of sales, before deducting customers' discounts, returns, or allowances.
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(finance) Offset by another financial asset.
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(accounting) An asset that is not shown on a balance sheet.
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(accounting) A calculation which shows the profit or loss of an accounting unit (company, municipality, foundation etc.) during a specific period of time, providing a summary of how the profit or loss is calculated from gross revenue and expenses.
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(finance, business, accounting) Any cost that is not directly accountable to a cost object (such as a particular project, facility, function, or product). They include administration, personnel and security costs.
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(economics) Any export that does not have a tangible physical presence (e.g. expertise, insurance underwriting).
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(finance) The effective reduction of risk of a portfolio, achieved without reduction to expected returns through the combination of assets with low or negative correlations.
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(finance, historical) A method by which a merchant at home can render bills drawn upon him abroad saleable there, by associating a well-known banker's name on their margin with his own.
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(accounting, finance) To value an asset at its current actual or estimated market price.
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(finance, accounting, chiefly attributive) Assigning a value to an asset equal to the current market price of the asset or one calculated based on related standardised assets for which there is a market.
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After expenses or deductions.
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(business) The amount of money which a business generates after deducting all expenses, including taxes; often expressed as the ratio net margin percent.
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(business) A true and final result, after more than the obvious subtractions and allowances.
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(accounting) Income after deducting operating expenses but before deducting for income taxes, interest, and depreciation and amortization.
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To add up to a net amount of money.
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(business) The value of sales generated by a company after deduction of returns, discounts and the value of damaged or lost goods.
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(business) The total assets of a company, less any intangible asset such as goodwill, patents, and trademarks, less all liabilities and the par value of preferred stock. Similar to Book Value and Net Asset Value.
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(accounting) The total assets minus total liabilities of an individual or a company.
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A value investing technique developed by Benjamin Graham in which a company is valued based solely on its net current assets.
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(business, accounting) Expense which is related to the operation of a business.
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(business, accounting) Income from doing business (as opposed to unearned income such as interest) with operating expenses subtracted, but before taxes have been subtracted.
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Operable or accessible on deposit of coins.
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(accounting) The calculation of salaries and wages and the deduction of taxes etc.; the department in a company responsible for this.
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(finance) The ratio of share price to earnings per share used as an indication of the relative value of the share.
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(accounting, economics) Total income or cash flow minus expenditures. The money or other benefit a non-governmental organization or individual receives in exchange for products and services sold at an advertised price.
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A profit-and-loss statement; an income statement.
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a unit or department of a company that is responsible for its costs and its profits
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The ratio of net income to net sales of a company expressed as a percentage.
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(business, dated) A time limit given for payment of an account for produce purchased, this limit varying with different goods.
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(finance) Liquid assets divided by current liabilities; a measure of a company's ability to meet its short-term financial obligations.
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(finance, business) The amount of profit earned in a reporting period, expressed as a percentage of the cost.
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(accounting) The amount of net income left over for a business after it has paid out dividends to its shareholders.
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(finance) Synonym of revolving line of credit
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(finance) Relating to an account or line of credit where balances and credit roll over from one billing cycle to the next, such as a credit card.
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(finance) Return on capital employed.
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(finance, informal) Hence, the number of months that a startup company can operate by using up its cash reserves.
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(accounting) gross profit
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(securities industry) The lending of securities by one brokerage to another, typically for a secondary purpose such as to cover a stock short position. Not to be confused with collateral-type stock loans.
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(finance) To convert assets (typically outstanding loans or other receivables) to securities, usually by selling them with a discount to a financial intermediary, which pools them with other similar assets and sells further as securities to third-party investors.
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(finance) A line representing the relationship between expected return and systematic risk, thus a graphical representation of the CAPM. It is valid both for portfolios and individual assets.
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(accounting) the date on which a trade (bonds, equities, foreign exchange, commodities, etc.) settles.
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(finance) A ratio that measures the excess return (or risk premium) per unit of deviation in an investment asset or a trading strategy, used to examine the performance of an investment by adjusting for its risk.
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(accounting) the normal settlement day when the transaction is carried out as soon as practical, i.e. "on the spot".
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(finance) An instrument granting the owner an option to enter an interest rate swap.
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(accounting) Total sales or revenue.
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(finance) A financial derivative that transfers both the credit risk and market risk of an underlying asset.
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(economics) The revenue from each item multiplied by the number of items sold
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(economics) A positive balance of trade.
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(finance) The schedule setting forth when and to what extent options become exercisable (for example, 20% per year over five years); could apply to restricted or deferred stocks also.
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(finance) Stocks redeemable on a certain date at a fixed price, for which a premium above the redemption price is paid.
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