Category: Finance Dictionary

The weight of a shipment on the freight bill. Its used to compute the freight.

A model used to show option values in different time periods at different prices. Only two prices are used in the model. The reality is that the price may have more than

When the input of advertising is used to study the output or buying.

1. when commercial power is lost over a large area. 2. a stopping of activity over a period of time.

An ad that remains anonymous as to who is advertising. Only a phone number and PO box is lsted. Most states have made this illegal for real estate agents to do this.

Reducing the price of a block of stock. The value has gone down due to its lack of selling in the current market.

A label warning that the contents of a package is radioactive.

A task that is impossible. An overly ambitious party takes it on knowing the resources available are not enough to get the job done.

Getting new investors to buy a new security issue. The more the interest the more demand on an issue and that changes the price of it.

The class of air travel that is not first class or economy. AKA class of service and class of travel.

The Boston Stock Exchange (now NASDAQ OMX BX) is a regional stock exchange located in Boston, Massachusetts. The third-oldest stock exchange in the United States, it was founded in 1834. On October

A boundary object is a concept in sociology to describe information used in different ways by different communities. They are plastic, interpreted differently across communities but with enough immutable content to maintain

A name given by the maker to a product or range of products, esp. a trademark.

Loose, non-containerized cargo stowed directly into a ship

Make (beer) by soaking, boiling, and fermentation or make (tea or coffee) by mixing it with hot water.

An index designed to reflect the movement of the market as a whole. Examples include the S & P 500, the AMEX Major Market Index and the Value Line Composite Index.

Brownfield sites are abandoned or underused industrial and commercial facilities available for re-use. Expansion or redevelopment of such a facility may be complicated by real or perceived environmental contaminations.

In a fiber optic cable, a buffer is one type of component used to encapsulate one or more optical fibers for the purpose of providing such functions as mechanical isolation, protection from

Any technically unconfirmed move to the upside that encourages investors to be bullish. Usually precedes important declines and often fools those who do not wait form confirmation by other indicators.

Tie or roll up (a number of things) together as though into a parcel or sleep fully clothed with another person, particularly during courtship, as a former local custom in New England