Category: Finance Dictionary

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.

Small appliance refers to a class of home appliances that are portable or semi-portable or which are used on tabletops, countertops, or other platforms in the United States of America (in the

Refer to Budgeted Cost Of Work Performed.

In options trading, a bull spread is a bullish, vertical spread options strategy that is designed to profit from a moderate rise in the price of the underlying security.

The concept that compares property ownership to a bundle of sticks with each stick representing a distinct and separate right of the property owner, e.g., the right to use real estate, to

An insurance-industry calculation of excess losses divided by total subject premium. The burning cost ratio is an experience-based insurance-rating method commonly used in determining rates for excess of loss reinsurance, or the

The latest commercial Automobile Insurance coverage form, which may be written as a monoline policy or as part of a commercial package. This form has largely replaced the Business Auto Policy.

Etiquette (pronounced [,eti’ket]) is a code of behavior that delineates expectations for social behavior according to contemporary conventional norms within a society, social class, or group.

The sum of all income and expenses which are the result of a business operated by the trust or estate.

The variety of guest types at a hotel that together make up the hotel’s clientele. A typical business mix might be part business travelers, leisure travelers and convention business.