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WRAP ACCOUNT

Investment brokerage account offering one fee for all services for investments larger than a set amount, usually $25,000.

WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

Detained person’s attorney uses this writ to force police to bring the person to court and challenge legality of detention.

WRONGFUL DEATH ACTION

Civil law suit filed by the deceased survivors against the organization or person felt to be responsible.

WROUGHT IRON

Type of iron with approximately 3% slag giving it a certain grain and look. Resistant to rust, suitable for forging and rolling than casting.

WYSIWYG

“What you see is what you get”. Display showing what a document will look when it has been printed.

X OR XD

Used in the financial press to indicate stock trading with no dividend,; bond trading with no interest; mutual fund paid recently a dividend or capital gain.

YAHOO!

Online website portal with a large array of information from entertainment to news and finance.

YARD LUMBER

Run of mill lumber in various finishes, widths and lengths.

YELLOW FEVER

Spread of a viral infection by mosquitoes infected in Tropical Africa, South America and the Caribbean causing degeneration of liver and kidney tissues.

YELLOW KNIGHT

Corporation with plans to takeover a company in hostile manner.

YELLOW SHEETS

Listing daily of bid and ask prices for over the counter bonds. Produced by National Quotation Bureau.

ZERO COUPON CONVERTIBLE

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

ZERO DEFECTS

Level of prevention of defects where output is within limits.

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