Category: Finance Dictionary

When both parties make a mistake during a transaction on the same matter at hand.

A number with nine 0s. It is also shown as a B after a number.

Reducing the contaminants in soil or water. Microorganisms are used to do this by bioaugmentation. They are introduced as a liquid that will cause them to grow. Refer to phytotreatment.

The three mondays in three Octobers over 68 years that the Dow Jones plunged causing world wide losses. October 28 1929, October 19 1987, and October 27 1997 are the mondays mentioned.

An order that is valid for a fixed time, quantity, and price. Supplies will be sent as they are needed without need to call for it.

A fund that lets investors give capital with no specific assets to purchase. They won’t know what they are buying just that they are buying in.

The amount of alcohol in the blood stream. It shows how intoxicated the person is and if its in the legal limit. This limit can vary from state to state and body

A storage device that has high quality video. Sony invented this format of DVD. A special player is needed.

AKA Bill of Lading Electronic Registry Organization.

The first field that income and expenses are placed on before moving them to a proper ledger.

When a customer has objections or doubts, this method relies on turning those around to make the customer make a quick purchase.

The line in a financial statement that shows net income or loss.

A control flow diagram consisting of a rectangle that is subdivided to show sequential steps, if-then-else conditions, repetition, and case conditions.

Form, fix, or join by soldering with an alloy of copper and zinc at high temperature. Also refer to braze.

Serves as a price indicator that can be compared to the consumer price index (CPI). It was created by hard assets investor (HAI), a website devoted to serving investors in tangible assets

A British public service broadcaster, headquartered at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff. Its main responsibility is to

An offtherun COUPON payment date on a FIXED INCOME security, e.g., 28 or 58 days, rather than the conventional 30 or 60 days.

Our Common Future, also known as the Brundtland Report, from the United Nations World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED) was published in 1987.

A public-private partnership (PPP) project model in which a private organization designs, finances and builds a facility on leased public land. The private organization operates the facility for the duration of the

An observed phenomenon in forecast-driven distribution channels. The concept has its roots in J Forrester’s Industrial Dynamics (1961) and thus it is also known as the Forrester Effect.