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Write

Financial services; General Finance

The book value of an asset after allowing for depreciation and amortization.

Write-down

Financial services; General Finance

Reducing the book value of an asset if its is overstated compared to current market values.

Write-off

Financial services; General Finance

Charging an asset amount to expense or loss, such as through the use of depreciation and amortization of assets.

The procedure used when a specialist makes a trade involving his own inventory, on one hand, and a floor broker's order, on the other. The broker must first complete the trade with the specialist, ...

W-type bottom

Financial services; General Finance

A double bottom pattern in a price history that looks like the letter W. See: Technical analysis.

warehousing

Financial services; General Finance

The interim holding period from the time of the closing of a loan to its subsequent marketing to capital market investors.

warrant

Financial services; General Finance

A security entitling the holder to buy a proportionate amount of stock at some specified future date at a specified price, usually one higher than current market price. Warrants are traded as ...