Vocabulary list for business and finance

David Bar-Tzur

abundance, abundant adjust, adjusted aggregate allocate asset autonomous, autonomy bank
bankrupt-> declare ~ banking benefit benefits and disbenefits bid Boeing
bonds borrow boss brand breakeven budget build
bulk Burger King business calculate calculator capital-> working ~
capital gains and losses capital recovery factor cash flow chart check circulate client
collude, collusion CN Tower Coca Cola collude, collusion commercial common stock company
compete, competition common stock composite rate of return compound amount factor confidential consultant consume
consumer consumption contract conversion convert corporation cost
credit credit (card) current value customer cycle cyclical Dairy Queen
dealer debt deduct/ion default defer deficit demand
deposit depreciation determine (a value) diagram disclosure discount diseconomies of scale
disequilibrium distribute distributed distributions dividend document documentation
down payment economies of scale economy effective interest efficiency efficient electronic funds transfer
employ, employment employee employer entrepreneur estimate equity evict
exchange executive expand expense export externalities face value
federal Federal Reserve fee figure out finance, financial fine firm
fiscal fixed floating rate flowchart fold (out-of business) formula fund
goods graph graphics hierarchic, hierarchical hierarchy import imputed (cost)
incentive income increment incremental analysis induced industry inflation
influence interest interest rate interface inventory invest investments
invoice issue (stock) Kodak labor liability loan long run
margin marginal propensity to consume marginal propensity to save market marketing McDonald's mediate
merchandise merchant merger Microsoft monopolize monopoly monopsony
mortgage needs assessment offline oligopoly optimal over (as in "A over B") overcharge
overhead owe owner's equity par value patent payback pay off
payroll pension Pepsi percent plant point of sale profit
purchase quality assurance quality control research and development portfolio precise precision
preferred stock price proceeds produce product production profit
property proprietary quality rate of return refund release (of a product) reliability, reliable
reliability-availability- serviceability rent return(s) revenue rich risk taking salary
sale sample savings scarce, scarcity Sears Tower securities sensitive
sensitivity analysis share(s) (of stock) shifted time lines short run sinking fund factor source status
stock-> common ~ dividend (of ~) face value (of ~) par value (of ~) preferred ~ share(s) (of ~)
spreadsheet stabilize statement stockholder store supplies supply (v)
supply and demand surplus table Taco Bell tax top-down trade
transaction treasury bill turnaround unadjusted union upgrade use
use-up, used-up utility value added voucher wealth working capital World Trade Center
Xerox yield zero defects

For the signs for these terms, see Signs for technical/specialized vocabulary.

For additional relevant terms, see Vocabulary list for accounting.

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