Category: Finance

Method of keeping records where the last number will be used as the key to filing.

Quantity of imports a country can buy from proceeds of selling services and goods of a set quantity.

Gerard Cassidy and a team from RBC Capital Markets developed this ratio to assess credit issues from banking institutions.

2 sets of assumptions by managers about employees and which can be self-fulfilling prophecies. Theory X assumes that (1) people won’t like work and will avoid if possible and (2) they need

Non-profit or voluntary economy sector serving as ‘an intermediary space between business and government where private energy can be deployed for public good’ as stated by Jim Joseph. Also known as tertiary

1. General. Productivity of a process, machine, procedure or system over a period of time and is expressed as a figure of merit such as output per hour, cash turnover or shipped

Arrangement where a contractor is paid based on cost of direct labour and cost of materials, using equipment and an agreed upon additional payment covering contractor’s profits and overheads.

Space of time that has an established date of beginning and ending.

Time bought by an advertiser to air a commercial on TV or radio.

Commercial form covering operations of tobacco warehouses.

Unit of energy that is generated by burning one metric ton of coal that is equivalent to burning 5.2 barrels of oil, 890 cubic meters of gas that is 29.39 GJ, 27.78

Depiction and study of relative position, distribution and elevations of natural and man made features evident in a landscape.

Issued card of entry instead of issuing a visa.

Location of premises for doing business that is or isn’t the official and registered address.

Alternate term for operating income or gross profit.

Stop order where the stop price moves with trading prices of the security.

Organization. Process of radical changes that takes the company in a new direction and effectiveness level.

Correspondence and routine documents that have a short life span or value and are not integral to operations.

The expense incurred while entertaining clients and travelling on business.

Change in direction of trading exceeding normal correction point. See retracement.