Credit Glossary

Commonly used credit terms and their definitions.

Search full text


Browse the glossary using this index

Special | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O
P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z |

Page:  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  ...  243  (Next)

1
10K Form (Form 10K): This form is annually filed with the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) for publicly owned companies.  The report includes audited financial statements and other detailed financial information.
Keyword(s):
10Q Form (Form 10Q): This form is filed annually with the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) by publicly owned companies.  It includes unaudited financial information.  The company's auditors may perform reviews of this information, but their work is substantially smaller in scope than an audit.
Keyword(s):
4
401(K) Plan: Allows employees to receive cash or to have employer contributions from profit-sharing and stock bonus plans placed into a tax-deferred account.
8
8-K (Form 8-K): This is a current report filed for any month in which significant events occur for a company subject to SEC rules.
A
A Priori: A generalization resting on presuppositions, not upon proven facts.
Abandonment: Abandonment of property is giving dominion and control over it, with intention to relinquish all claims to it.
Absentee Owner: A landlord who resides elsewhere and leaves the property management to others.
Absolute Advantage:

1. A situation in which a nation has a monopoly on a product or can produce it at the lowest cost;

2. The ability to produce something with fewer resources than other producers would use to produce the same thing.

Abuse: In some cultures, a minof Fraud or infraction.
Accelerated Depreciation: A depreciation method that provides for a high depreciation expense in the first year of use of an asset, and a gradually declining expense thereafter.

Page:  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  ...  243  (Next)