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Business English: Financial and Corporate Foundations

Core accounting, finance, ownership, transaction, and company-structure vocabulary for interpreting ordinary business writing.

A curated Words list.

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

liability English NOUN
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An obligation, debt or responsibility owed to someone.

equity English NOUN
Sense 7 of 9

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

revenue English NOUN
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expense English NOUN
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profit English NOUN
Sense 1 of 3

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.

loss English NOUN
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cash flow English NOUN
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The sum of cash revenues and expenditures over a period of time.

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

income statement English NOUN
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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.

invoice English NOUN
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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.

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

payable English NOUN
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Debts owed by a business; liabilities.

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

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

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

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

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

debt English NOUN
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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.

interest English NOUN
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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.

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

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

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

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

shareholder English NOUN
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One who owns shares of stock in a corporation.

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

acquisition English NOUN
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subsidiary English NOUN
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A company owned by a parent company or a holding company, also called daughter company or sister company.

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

liquidity English NOUN
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