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Category: V

VISCOSITY

Internal friction in fluid that retards its flow.

VOLUNTARY BARGAINING ISSUE

Matter mandated by law and discussed in collective bargaining processes. Also known as Voluntary bargaining subject, permissive bargaining issue.

VULTURE CAPITAL

Derogatory term used for investment and funding taking in fair advantage of a situation.

VALUE DATING

Value or credit is given to bank to bank funds transfers.

VALUE REPORTING FORM

Commercial form for businesses that have differing amounts of inventory or value during the year. Insurance is adjusted accordingly.

VELOCITY

Economic strength measurement estimating the times a single dollar will change hands over a period of time.

VERTICAL ANALYSIS

Technique used to find relationship of items in a financial statement by expressing all amounts as a percent of the total. See horizontal analysis.

VESTING

Process where the authority privilege or right to interest or asset unconditionally passes to a body.

VIDEO

Source of visual multimedia with moving pictures.

VULTURE CAPITALIST

Derogatory term for an investor whose hidden agenda is to cease control of the firm invested in. See angel investor.

VA LOAN

Mortgage loan available to veterans of US Armed Forces.

VALUE ADDED NETWORK

Network of data communications using dedicated secure lines where detection of errors, access to database, capacity for storing large data quantities, protocol conversion and similar features have been included.

VALUE DRIVERS

Increasing the value of a product by improving the perception of the product.

VALUE STOCK

Stock that features high dividend yields and low P/E ratios, considered undervalued as it trades at lower prices.

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