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Allowance for depreciation, Average collection period, Above par, Accrual of discount, After-tax basis, Amortization of premium, At par, All or any part, Add-on service, Abstract of title, Action to quiet title, Adhesion contract, As is, Attorney in fact, After acquired clause, After-acquired collateral, Assignment of mortgage, A shares, Average price per share, After-tax contributions, Action, Additional paid-in capital, After-tax, After-hours trading, Automated Pricing and Reporting System, Below the line, Billing cycle, Books of final entry, Books of original entry, Book value per share, Bottom line, Banking Act of 1933, Below par, Bullet contract, Bureau of Public Debt, Buying on margin, Buy on close, Buy on opening, Basic earnings per share, Balance of payments, Base period, Board of Governors, Business cycle, Bill of exchange, Bill of sale, Breach of trust, Business credit, Business finance companies, B shares, Buy and write, Blackout period, Before-tax income, Breadth-of-market theory, Cash conversion cycle, Cash cycle, Contra account, Cost Of Goods Sold, Cost of sales, Certificate of Participation, Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures, Code of procedure, Contra broker, Contract broker, Capitalization of income, Contraction, Cost of Living Adjustment, Cost-of-living index, Council of Economic Advisers, Cycle, Cash and carry trade, Chicago Board of Trade, Commodities Exchange Act, Contract grades, Contract market, Contract month, Cost-of-living rider, Certificate of stock, Corporate action, Cost of carry, Certificate of title, Class action suit, Contract, Contract for deed, Contract sale, Cancellation of debt, Certificate of Claim, Cost of debt capital, Cost of funds, Credit line, Cure period, C shares, Class of options, Contract size, Certificate of Occupancy, Cloud on title, Cash or Deferred Arrangement, Class A Shares, Class B Shares, Crash of 1929, Crash of 1987, Child and dependent care credit, Coefficient of determination, Cup and handle, Certificate of delivery, Close a position, Curbs in, Deposit in transit, Date of issue, Date of payment, Division of Enforcement, Division of Investment Management, Division of Market Regulation, Date of record, Distribution period, Dividend in arrears, Division of labor, De-escalation clause, De facto, Doing business as, Durable Power of Attorney, Date of maturity, Debtor in possession, Debtor-in-possession financing, Deed of Release, Deed of Trust, Discharge of bankruptcy, Discharge of lien, Due-on-sale clause, Deep in the money, Deep out of the money, Deed of Surrender, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Dogs of the Dow, Decline, Depth of market, Economic surplus, Economic value, Eurodollar certificate of deposit, Ex-legal, Either-or order, Effective par, Economic, Economic cycle, Economic growth, Economic growth rate, Economic indicator, Economic sanctions, Edge Act, Expansion, E-mini, Exchange for futures, Exchange for physical, Exchange of spot, Ex-pit transaction, Ex-all, Expiration cycle, Ex-warrants, Economic rent, Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, Ex-rights, Ex-rights date, First In First Out, Federal Savings and Loan Association, Flow of funds, Fill or kill, Front-ending an order, Forward P/E, Fully diluted earnings per share, Factors of production, Favorable balance of trade, Futures contract, Fee-for-service, Form S-1, Friends and family offering, Fair Credit Reporting Act, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Full faith and credit, Family of funds, Fund of funds, Free and clear, Federal Insurance Contributions Act, Free right of exchange, General Obligation Bond, Guaranteed Investment Contract, General account, General Securities Representative Examination, Glass-Steagall Act, G-7, General Accounting Office, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, G-8, Grace period, General lien, General mortgage, Growth and income fund, Gather in the stops, Hart-Scott-Rodino Act of 1976, House of issue, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, Holder in due course, Home equity line of credit, Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, Holding period, Head and shoulders, In escrow, In-house, Investment Advisor Act of 1940, Investment Company Act of 1940, In line, Insider Trading sanctions Act of 1984, Internal Rate of Return, Indication of interest, In intestacy, In play, In-process research and development, I/O strip, Installment sales contract, In-service withdrawal, Imbalance of orders, In and out, In sympathy, In the tank, Jointly and severally, Joint and several liability, Joint and survivor annuity, Last In First Out, Lender of last resort, Law of one price, Lending at a rate, Limit-on-close order, Law of demand, Law of supply, London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange, Letter of comment, Lockup period, Line of credit, Lock-in, Land contract, Locked in, Long-term gain or loss, Level I quotes, Make a market, Market on close order, Medium of exchange, Negotiable certificate of deposit, Negotiable Order of Withdrawal, Notice of Sale, National Association of Securities Dealers, National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations system, No limit order, No quote, Notice period, No-Fault, No-Action Letter, Null and void, No-lien affidavit, Notice of Default, No-load, National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, No-load stock, No book, Operating cycle, Office of Thrift Supervision, Out-of-favor, On-floor order, On margin, Or better, Opinion of title, On account, On-the-spot loan, Option contract, Out of the money, Old age, survivors, and disability insurance, On-balance volume, On close, On open, On the opening, Pooling of interests, Profit and loss statement, Par bond, Payment-in-kind security, Price Value of a Basis Point, Payment for order flow, P&L, Primary earnings per share, Provision for income taxes, Per stirpes, Power of Attorney, Prioritization of debt, Prudent Expert Act, Paid-in capital, Paid-in surplus, Payback period, Private Investment in Public Equity, Preservation of capital, Point-and-figure chart, Quiet period, Reports and Records, Return of capital, Return on Capital, Return on Invested Capital, Return on Total Assets, Regulation D, Regulation G, Regulation T, Regulation U, Round of funding, Rules of Fair Practice, Rate of exchange, Reciprocal of European terms, Real economic growth rate, Recession, Regulation A, Right of first refusal, Right of rescission, Revolving line of credit, Right of recourse, Rule of 78, Redemption period, Right of redemption, Retirement Equity Act of 1984, Return on Capital Employed, Rate of return, Real rate of return, Selling, General and Administrative Expenses, SG&A, Straight line depreciation, Savings and Loan, Sight letter of credit, S&L, Securities and Exchange Commission, Segregation of securities, Standard of living, Statute of Limitations, Sale and leaseback, Satisfaction of debt, Staggered board of directors, Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees, S Corporation, Short-term gain or loss, Sin tax, Subchapter M, Subchapter S Corporation, Schedule C, Securities Act of 1933, Securities Acts Amendments of 1975, Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Seek a market, S&P phenomenon, Stop and reverse, Top line, T-Bill, Take a position, Trailing P/E, Truth in Lending, Ten-bagger, Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, Tax Reform Act of 1986, Tax Reform Act of 1993, Take a bath, U.S. Government Agency Security, U.S. Savings Bond, U.S. Treasury, U.S. Treasury Bill, U.S. Treasury Bond, U.S. Treasury Note, U.S. Treasury Securities, Uniform Securities Act, Unit of trade, Unit of trading, Vesting period, Vertical line charting, Williams Act, Waiver of premium, Widow-and-orphan stock, When, as, and if issued, X or XD, Y shares