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Finance

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Net earnings refers to a company's total revenue less expenses including depretiation/amortization, financing costs, and taxes. Net earnings is an important measure of performance, and is therefore ...

net earnings

Financial services; Finance

joint-stock company

Financial services; Finance

A business which is owned by the group of people who have shares in the company. A joint stock company (JSC) is a type of business entity: it is a type of corporation or partnership. Certificates of ...

accelerated depreciation

Financial services; Finance

Accelerated depreciation refers to any one of several methods by which a company, for 'financial accounting' or tax purposes, depreciates a fixed asset in such a way that the amount of depreciation ...

indenture

Financial services; Finance

A contract between an issuer of bonds and the bondholder. It is another name for the bond contract terms, which are also referred to as a deed of trust.

interest

Financial services; Finance

The charge for the privilege of borrowing money, typically expressed as an annual percentage rate. Or, the amount of ownership a stockholder has in a company, usually expressed as a percentage.

spread

Financial services; Finance

The difference between the bid price and the ask price of a security. For a stock option, the spread would be the difference between the strike price and the market value.