Category: Z

Services and products exempt from value added tax.

Company created by Barry Minnow in the 1980’s that appeared to be successful but most of the profits were from crime , fraud or fabricated. Went public in 1986, bankrupt in 1987.

Decision theory. Where a participant’s gain equals another’s loss. Also known as constant sum game. See negative or positive sum game.

Transaction at the same price as one before it but higher than the one before that.

Municipal stock is traded for a different financial security.

Ambient air that has been filtered to have less than 0.1 PPM of hydrocarbons.

Bond that (1) pays no interest but is sold subpar, (2) interest paying bond stripped of its coupon. Also known as non-interest bearing bond, zero interest bond, zero rated bond.

Account used by a company handling very large endorsements.

Used in small businesses and by individuals. Method of bookkeeping with a zero balance at end of the accounting period.

Method of preparing cash flow budgets and operating plans which start from zero at the beginning of each year.

Code established by US Postal service to indicate each location. Has since been made 9 digits allowing more accurate identification of a location. Stands for Zoning Improvement Plan.

Strategy of trading where one option purchased is equal to one option sold.

File of compressed data that can be expanded when received using an unzipping program.

Zero coupon bond that can be converted to common stock at a set price or if government issued into a bond bearing interest.

Provision of collective bargaining agreements stating that all parts of the agreement are contained and nothing has ben left out.

Level of prevention of defects where output is within limits.

Term describing old debts bought to life by actions of collecting it.