Download Business & Finance Terms: Dow Jones, Accounts Payable, Assets, Capital, CEO, Inflation, + and more Quizzes Magazine Journalism in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 3 Major Stock Markets DEFINITION 1 DOW Jones-Smallest, owned by wall street journalNASDAQ- largest in terms of listingsS&P500-contains 500 of the largest corporations TERM 2 Accounts payable DEFINITION 2 bills and debts that a company must pay out per year TERM 3 Accounts receivable DEFINITION 3 money owed to a business by its clients TERM 4 Anti-trust laws DEFINITION 4 to stop monopoliesstarted with Rockefeller TERM 5 asset DEFINITION 5 cash or item that can be converted into it TERM 6 fixed asset DEFINITION 6 equipment, machinery, TERM 7 balance sheet DEFINITION 7 a summary of the financial balances of a sole proprietorship, a business partnership TERM 8 balloon mortgage DEFINITION 8 a big mortgage at the end of the term to pay lower per month TERM 9 4 kinds of bankruptcy DEFINITION 9 All are federalCH7- total liquidationCH11CH13-for people, not corporationsCH12- for farms TERM 10 Bond DEFINITION 10 loaning to company TERM 21 commodities DEFINITION 21 any marketable item produced to satisfy wants or needs. a result of agricultural endeavorsoil TERM 22 common stock DEFINITION 22 Ccorporate equity ownership, a type of security. The terms "voting share" or "ordinary share" are also used in other parts of the world; common stock being primarily used in the United States. TERM 23 preferred stock DEFINITION 23 equity security with properties of both an equity and a debt instrument, and is generally considered a hybrid instrument. TERM 24 holding company DEFINITION 24 owns shares and ownership in other companies TERM 25 inflation DEFINITION 25 a rise in price TERM 26 liquidation DEFINITION 26 the process in which a company is brought to its end TERM 27 liquidity DEFINITION 27 how easy the process of liquidation is TERM 28 trading on margin DEFINITION 28 a loan for buying stock, but if stock drops both parties are at a loss TERM 29 dividend DEFINITION 29 payments made by a corporation to its shareholder members. It is the portion of corporate profits paid out to stockholders. TERM 30 protective tariff DEFINITION 30 a tax on imports to slow overseas competition TERM 31 receivership DEFINITION 31 a legal actionIn law, receivership is the situation in which an institution or enterprise is being held by a receiver, a person "placed in the custodial responsibility for the property of others, including tangible and intangible assets and rights." The receivership remedy is an equitable remedy that emerged in the English Chancery courts, where receivers were appointed to protect real property. TERM 32 savings and loan DEFINITION 32 not a bank, only offers a mortgage loan TERM 33 revenue DEFINITION 33 revenue or turnover is income that a company receives from its normal business activities, usually from the sale of goods and services to customers. TERM 34 option DEFINITION 34 dont have to take it
