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FINANCIAL DICTIONARY & GLOSSARY: VA
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variable
costs - depend on the volume of output produced by a business.
venture capital or risk capital - money invested in a new business and thus open to a rather large risk of loss. vertical integration - a company's acquisition of either its suppliers or its marketing outlets (wholesalers or retailers). visible hand - name sometimes given to governmental spending on defense, welfare, the infrastructure, the correction of market failures, etc. visible trade - trade in tangible goods (as opposed to services). volatile - likely to change rapidly and often. volume - in business, the amount of trade done in a certain period. voluntary liquidation - when an organization chooses to stop trading, sell its assets, and pay its debts. voluntary unemployment - exists when people choose not to work, often because they cannot find jobs that pay enough money (e.g. more than social security benefits). voting shares - those categories of shares that give their holders the right to vote at companies' AGMs. voucher - a receipt or document that supports or proves an item in an account. wage or wages - money earned for an hour's or day's or week's work (by shop and factory workers, etc.). wage/price spiral - the situation in which inflation leads trade unions to demand wage increases which leads producers to raise their prices, and so on. Wall Street - the popular name for the New York Stock Exchange, or for all the financial institutions in and around this street. warehouse - a large building in which goods are stored by producers or wholesalers. warehousing - storing goods in warehouses; in finance, using other people to buy shares prior to a takeover bid. warrant - a security issued at the same time as a bond, giving the holder the right to buy the same company's equities at a given price from a certain date. warranty - another word for a guarantee. wasting assets - those which are gradually exhausted in production and cannot be replaced. wealth - the stock of money or goods that a person or country possesses. |
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FINANCIAL DICTIONARY & GLOSSARY
SHORT INDEX a-ac, ac-am, am-as, as-ba, ba-be, be-br, br-cap, cap-cas, ce-col, col-com, com-cor, cor-cu, cu-deb, deb-dem, dep-dis, dis-du, du-em, em-ex, fa-fi, fi-fr, fr-ge, ge-gr, ha-im, im-ine, inf-int, int-inv, inv-la, la-li, li-lo, lo-mar, mar-mark, mat-mo, mo-na, na-od, of-ou, ov-pa, pa-po, po-pri, pri-pro, pro-qu, qu-red, red-res, res-sa, sa-sh, sh-sta, sta-sto, str-ta, ta-tr, tr-un, un-va, va-we, we-zz |
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