Category: Finance Dictionary

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.

A low house, with a broad front porch, having either no upper floor or upper rooms set in the roof, typically with dormer windows.

When evidence shows that other evidence contradicts the first evidence, the outdated evidence no longer exists.

A state of feeling inexorably intertwined or even imprisoned by your business. Business bondage is frequently experienced by new entrepreneurs and small-business owners.

An enterprise architecture (EA) is a rigorous description of the structure of an enterprise. EA describes the terminology, the composition of subsystems, and their relationships with the external environment, and the guiding

The most widely used D&B Report for credit assessment, the BIR can provide information about a company’s history, payments, finances, operations, and more.

A trade name, also known as a trading name or a business name, is the name which a business trades under for commercial purposes, although its registered, legal name, used for contracts

Refer to business process re-engineering.

Business service providers (BSPs) are companies that offer state-of-the-art business applications over the Web.

Reaching prospects and customers (usually in their workplace) with offers relating to their profession as opposed to their lifestyle, hobbies and family.

A DEDUCTIBLE on an INSURANCE contract that is eliminated through payment of an incremental PREMIUM, thus providing the INSURED with FIRST DOLLAR COVERAGE in the event of a loss.

Studyig specimens from a work environment to evaluate the working conditions.

A bit of land away from water or the road.

A job a computer does while the user is busy with another.

When newer software can work with the older version. AKA downward compatibility. Refer to upward compatibility.

A payment made on a loan that is highe than the ones before it. It is done at the end of the period. It pays what is left after the last payment.

An investment PORTFOLIO comprised of NOTES and BONDS with short and longterm maturities but few, or no, securities with mediumterm maturities. A barbell may be constructed to take advantage of a particular

Issues that new firms encounter that prevent or restrict them from entering a market. These issues can be related to the economy, a flooded market, high investment needs, brand competition, and pricing