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FINANCIAL DICTIONARY & GLOSSARY: QU -
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| quote
- to calculate and offer a price for something, a legally-binding
estimate.
quoted company - see listed company. raider - person or company that tries to obtain control of another company by buying its shares on the stock market. raise - to make something rise or increase (e.g. prices, tax rates); or to obtain capital. rally - an increase in stock prices, after a fall (to rally - to rise after a fall). rate of return - the amount of profit, interest or dividend received from an investment, expressed as a percentage. ratio - the relation between two quantifies expressed as the number of times one is greater than the other. rational expectations - the belief that people's expectations compensate for, and render useless, interventionist government policy. rationalize - to eliminate unnecessary employees, equipment, processes, etc. from a company or factory to make it more efficient. raw materials - minerals, metals, agricultural goods, etc. extracted from the ground and used in industry. real estate - US term for land and buildings; the British term is property. real GNP - nominal gross national product divided by the price index, to allow for inflation. rebate - part of a payment that is given back (e.g. from taxes). receipt - a document showing that money has been paid or goods received. receivables - see accounts receivable. receiver - see liquidator. receivership - see liquidation. recession - a period during which economic activity (spending, investment) falls, and unemployment rises. recommended price - the price the manufacturer communicates to retailers, but which they are free to disregard. recovery - an increase in economic activity after a recession, or a rise in share prices. redeem - to repay a bond, debenture, mortgage, etc. redemption yield or maturity yield - the amount of income received from a fixed interest security, including interest and its repayment value, expressed as a percentage of its current market price. |
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FINANCIAL DICTIONARY & GLOSSARY
SHORT INDEX a-ac, ac-am, am-as, as-ba, ba-be, be-br, br-cap, cap-cas, ce-col, col-com, com-cor, cor-cu, cu-deb, deb-dem, dep-dis, dis-du, du-em, em-ex, fa-fi, fi-fr, fr-ge, ge-gr, ha-im, im-ine, inf-int, int-inv, inv-la, la-li, li-lo, lo-mar, mar-mark, mat-mo, mo-na, na-od, of-ou, ov-pa, pa-po, po-pri, pri-pro, pro-qu, qu-red, red-res, res-sa, sa-sh, sh-sta, sta-sto, str-ta, ta-tr, tr-un, un-va, va-we, we-zz |
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