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Tag: Finance Definition

  • Purchasing Power Parity

    The notion that the ratio between domestic and foreign price levels should equal the equilibrium exchange rate between domestic and foreign currencies….

  • Bond

    Bond

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Bond Meaning of Bond A contract under seal to pay a sum of money ; a contract under seal acknowledging a debt, present or future. This is a single bond. A double bond is one where there is a condition […]

  • Balance of Payments

    Financial Definition of Balance Of Payments Meaning of Balance Of Payments A statistical compilation formulated by a sovereign nation of all economic transactions between residents of that nation and residents of all other nations during a […]

  • Cash Flow

    Financial Definition of Cash Flow Meaning of Cash Flow In investments, it represents earnings before depreciation , amortization and non-cash charges. Sometimes called cash earnings. Cash flow from operations (called funds from operations ) by […]

  • Broker

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Broker Meaning of Broker One who exercises the calling of negotiating between parties ; the business of buying or selling or any other lawful transactions. A person whose business it is to bring a buyer […]

  • Branch

    Branch

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Branch Meaning of Branch A local or subordinate office or place of business of an organization. Also, a small stream or creek. descendants . Includes a separately incorporated foreign branch of a bank. […]

  • Capital Market

    Capital Market

    Financial Definition of Capital Market Meaning of Capital Market The market for trading long-term debt instruments (those that mature in more than one year). Related Entries of Capital Market in the […]

  • Budget

    Budget

    Financial Definition of Budget Meaning of Budget A detailed schedule of financial activity, such as an advertising budget, a sales budget, or a capital budget. Synonyms of Budget […]

  • Purchase

    In general sense, the term denotes the act of acquiring anything sold. To buy. In relation to realty , the term means acquisition of land in any lawful manner other than by descent or the mere act of law, and includes acquisition by conveyance , gift or devise . The term words […]

  • Protectionism

    Financial Definition of Protectionism Meaning of Protectionism Protecting domestic industry from import competition by means of tariffs, quotas, and other trade barriers. International Trade Meaning and […]

  • Bull

    A letter from the pope of Rome, written on parchment, to which is attached a leaden seal impressed with the images of Saint Peter and Saint Paul. There are three kinds of apostolical rescripts, the brief, the signature, and the […]

  • Bear

    Financial Definition of Bear Meaning of Bear An investor who believes a stock or the overall market will decline. A bear market is a prolonged period of falling stock prices, usually by 20% or more. Related: bull.<div […]

  • Bretton Woods Agreement

    An agreement signed by the original United Nations members in 1944 that established the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the post-World War II international monetary system of fixed exchange rates….

  • Proxy Vote

    Vote cast by one person on behalf of another….

  • Balance Sheet

    A several accounts. See Eyre v Hormen, 28 F. 779, 92 Cal. 580.