Business English: Financial and Corporate Foundations

A thing or quality that has value, especially one that generates cash flows.

An obligation, debt or responsibility owed to someone.

Ownership interest in a company as determined by subtracting liabilities from assets.

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Total income or cash flow minus expenditures. The money or other benefit a non-governmental organization or individual receives in exchange for products and services sold at an advertised price.

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The sum of cash revenues and expenditures over a period of time.

A summary of a person's or organization's assets, liabilities and equity as of a specific date.

A calculation which shows the profit or loss of an accounting unit (company, municipality, foundation etc.) during a specific period of time, providing a summary of how the profit or loss is calculated from gross revenue and expenses.

A bill; a commercial document issued by a seller to a buyer indicating the products, quantities and agreed prices for products or services that the seller has already provided the buyer with. An invoice indicates that, unless paid in advance, payment is due by the buyer to the seller, according to the agreed terms.

A debt owed, usually to a business, from the perspective of that business.

Debts owed by a business; liabilities.

The stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business.

The yield or profit; the selling price minus the cost of production.

The percentage or amount by which a seller hikes up their buy-in price when determining their selling price.

The expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided.

Money and wealth: the means to acquire or produce goods and services, especially in a non-barter system.

Money that one person or entity owes or is required to pay to another, generally as a result of a loan or other financial transaction.

The price paid for obtaining, or price received for providing, money or goods in a credit transaction, calculated as a fraction of the amount or value of what was borrowed.

The money originally invested or loaned, on which basis interest and returns are calculated.

A cash payment of money by a company to its shareholders, usually made periodically (e.g., quarterly or annually).

A financial instrument that shows that one owns a part of a company that provides the benefit of limited liability.

A person or organisation with a legitimate interest (a stake) in a given situation, action or enterprise.

One who owns shares of stock in a corporation.

The legal union of two or more corporations into a single entity, typically assets and liabilities being assumed by the buying party.

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A company owned by a parent company or a holding company, also called daughter company or sister company.

The amount of money taken as sales transacted in a given period.

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