Category: Finance Dictionary

Short-term loans plus long-term loans minus cash and cash equivalents equals this amount.

Calculated as a Bond issuer’s interest cost: (total interest payments plus discounts minus premiums) divided by the bond’s maturity period in years. Money’s time value is not taken into account by this

In an accounting period, operating revenue exceeds operating expenses as this amount. Excluded are extraordinary gains and losses, financial expenses like interest paid, and financial revenue like interest earned.

Inventory or receivables valuation’s financial accounting calculation. Calculated for inventory accounting as: sold asset’s expected return minus asset’s sale expenses. Calculated for receivables accounting as: amount due minus outstanding balance recovery cost.

The most profit gained after underwriting.

A single person’s effect from using a good or a service on the total perceived value of that product or service for others. The more people who use a product or service,

First time stock or bond offered to the public. May be an initial public offer (IPO) or a established firm’s issued security after floating several prior issues.

A country that has a strong development opportunity and ability.

An alloying metal element for making Austenitic stainless steels. High degree of corrosion resistance, ductility, harden-ability, and tensile strength are its contributions.

Insurance premium allowed discounted or reduced on auto accident policies. As high as 60 percent of premium. It is awarded on the basis that no claims by the policy holder or by

Provided the employer or management keeps its side of the bargain, a union pledges to not initiate any strike action during the life of the agreement as stated in this type of

The schedule of natural gas trading with a delivery through pipes.

A bond that can’t be redeemed in any alternate form.