Your Free Online Legal Dictionary • Featuring Black’s Law Dictionary, 2nd Ed.

Category: Finance

PUBLIC RELATIONS

The way a company or organisation promotes itself to the general public. It may be its workers, customers, suppliers and investors. The public relations department promotes the goodwill of the company through

PUBLICLY TRADED

Any securities and shares that are bought and sold on an organised exchange. They are bought off a document that is called a prospectus.

PURE CAPITALISM

A economic system that shows little interference from a government body. The system is run by big business and revolves around money and capital assets. TLD Example: The election of a president who

PURSUANT

A document that is used to conform or acts in agreement to other conditions such as in rrference to an agreement or situation. In law it applies to a how an act

Q RATIO

The ratio between all assets held by a company and their replacement cost in today’s market. Assets include machinery and plane items needed to carry out the company’s trade. If the ratio

QUALIFYING RATIOS

The steps that are taken in order to determine if an individual meets the requirements of a lending institution for a loan. It also assesses their ability to pay of the loan

QUALITY CONTROL (QC)

A part of the quality assurance control that is used in the manufacture of a product. Each aspect of production is subject to its own quality control.

QUALITY OF EARNINGS

See also core earnings. The term that is used to differentiate between how a company earns its money. Money can come from investments and financing or from the primary operations that the

QUARTERLY SERVICES SURVEY

The Census Bureau will produce a survey every quarter that is considered to be an indicator of the trends in an economy. The survey provides estimates of the revenue from hospitals, nursing

QUESTION OF LAW

A question that ha sbeen raised about a point of law. It is not answered by the jury but will be answered by the judge.

QUOTED INVESTMENTS

The way in which a bond or stock will be treated when it reaches its maturity date. It is the acknowledged way a stock will act at its maturity date.

RADIOGRAPHY

A non-destructive and non-invasive method of seeing inside a particular object. The rays used are gamma and beta radiation and can pass through tissue to expose solid features that are found inside

RANK AND FILE

The general employees that do not include the managerial positions and department heads. It derives from a military term where soldiers stood according to rank and in lines or files.

PREPAID ASSET

A valued instrument such as the monthly rent for a company building, that has not yet been paid. It is usually recorded as an expense.

PREPAYMENT RISK

The risk associated with a fall in interest rates that is incurred by the lender or investor. As interest rates fall, most borrowers will pay of their loan balances and the investors

PRESTRESSED CONCRETE

Concrete in which steel bars have an increased resistance to stress due to the compression effect created by the stretching and anchoring of it.

PRIMARY DISASTER

The disaster that is considered to be the onset of subsequent disasters.

PRINTER CONTROL LANGUAGE (PCL)

Software belonging to the manufacturer of the printer that contains instructions for the printer on how a page is to be printed. As opposed to page description languages, PCL’s are not integrated

PRIVACY

The right that determines the nonintervention of secret surveillance and the protection of an individual’s information. It is split into 4 categories (1) Physical: An imposition whereby another individual is restricted from

Topic Archives:

Disclaimer

This site contains general legal information but does not constitute professional legal advice for your particular situation. The Law Dictionary is not a law firm, and this page does not create an attorney-client or legal adviser relationship. If you have specific questions, please consult a qualified attorney licensed in your jurisdiction.