Category: Finance

Any company that has no operations, but has a proper constitution, fully formed legal documents, little to zero assets and is registered is regarded as a paper company.

A person who has been trained, and holds authority to provide a specified number of legal services. A paralegal is not a lawyer, but is usually on their way to becoming one.

Created and signed back in 1883, the Paris Convention provided a couple of different rights, specifically i) Any citizen, or resident of a signatory country, will be able to gain access and

A concentrated volume of any gas, or part of it, or any other substance, compared to a million particles of liquid or air. A fair comparison can be that of 5 liters

Any loss that is incurred due to a passive activity. Examples include loss incurred through rented property, any limited partnership, etc.

A patent is a legal document which provides protection to the ideas of any individual. Usually issued by the Patent Office of a country, the patent is granted to any firm or

Payment of a portion of the full amount of any item.

The day on which an employee receives his salary. Might be quarterly, weekly or monthly.

The period between which benefits are received, under a set agreement.

In case a security is expected for the provision of returns, which are consistent to that of other companies operating within the same sector, analysts usually give the peer perform investment rating.

Something that occurs as a contingency, or due to a small chance. The antonym of per se.

An agreement which states that the insured party, as well as the insurer will be liable to pay a certain portion of the losses, which must be agreed beforehand in the contract.

PFC, as it is commonly known, is a byproduct that appears when aluminum is smelted during the manufacturing process of a semiconductor. A PFC has a couple of carbon atoms, as well

Ability to estimate costs during a period of accounting is known as periodic valuation.

Tradable on the London Stock Exchange, a PIBS is a non redeemable security given on fixed interest, and issued by some of the top building societies of the UK. A fixed income

Certain substances, such as heavy metals, which do not take any effect from the environment. These substances are usually poisonous for animals and plants.

The belongings of an individual, excluding any real estate property or other buildings. Generally includes tangible and intangible assets of an individual.

An analysis taken in which the politicallegal, economic, sociocultural and technological factors of a company are taken into account so as to come up with the plans of the organization for the

A particular stage of any event, or phenomena. Examples include ‘a phase of my life?’ In Chemistry, it means matter’s physical state. In Physics, the term is used to determine the oscillatory

An allergic reaction caused by the skin when it comes in to contact with light.