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government grants

Financial services; Accountancy

Awards of financial assistance in the form of money by governments to an eligible grantee with no expectation that the funds will be paid back. This does not include technical assistance which ...

The European Stability Mechanism (ESM) is a proposed international organization which, if established, will provide financial assistance to members of the eurozone in financial difficulties. On 12 ...

sealed bid auction

Financial services; Finance

An auction in which the competing parties submit confidential bids by a specified date, sometimes known as a blind auction.

loan capital

Financial services; Finance

Capital raised by borrowing money rather than from retained income or from issuing shares for sale on the stock market.

decentralized market

Financial services; Finance

A market without a physical centralized location in which investors interact with one another. The foreign exchange market is an example of a decentralized market because investors have online access ...

cryptocurrency

Financial services; Finance

Cryptocurrency is a form of electronic currency that relies on cryptography to regulate several of its functions, such as value and counterfeit prevention. The most famous form of cryptocurrency is ...

quick ratio

Financial services; Finance

Sometimes called the acid test, the quick ratio is an indicator of a company's ability to meet its short-term liabilities. It is the total of a company's cash plus accounts receivable plus short-term ...