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Dividend

A sum of money to be divided and distributed; the share of a sum divided that falls to each individual; a distribute sum, share, or percentage; -- applied to the profits as appropriated among shareholders, and to assets as apportioned among creditors; as, the dividend of a bank, a railway corporation, or a bankrupt estate.

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Bonus 76% connected

A premium given for a loan, or for a charter or other privilege granted to a company; as the bank paid a bonus for its charter.

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Earnings 76% connected

of Earning

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Incentive 76% connected

Inciting; encouraging or moving; rousing to action; stimulative.

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Lucre 76% connected

Gain in money or goods; profit; riches; -- often in an ill sense.

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Net 76% connected

To make into a net; to make n the style of network; as, to net silk.

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Number 76% connected

That which admits of being counted or reckoned; a unit, or an aggregate of units; a numerable aggregate or collection of individuals; an assemblage m…

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Profit 76% connected

Acquisition beyond expenditure; excess of value received for producing, keeping, or selling, over cost; hence, pecuniary gain in any transaction or o…

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Numerator 76% connected

One who numbers.

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Good will noun · 78% connection

(accounting) an intangible asset valued according to the advantage or reputation a business has acquired (over and above its tangible…

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Goodwill noun · 78% connection

(accounting) an intangible asset valued according to the advantage or reputation a business has acquired (over and above its tangible…

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Inventory noun · 78% connection

(accounting) the value of a firm's current assets including raw materials and work in progress and finished goods

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Limited review noun · 78% connection

(accounting) a service (less exhaustive than an audit) that provides some assurance to interested parties as to the reliability of fin…

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Review noun · 78% connection

(accounting) a service (less exhaustive than an audit) that provides some assurance to interested parties as to the reliability of fin…

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Stock issue noun · 78% connection

(corporation law) the authorization and delivery of shares of stock for sale to the public or the shares thus offered at a particular…

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Straight-line method noun · 78% connection

(accounting) a method of calculating depreciation by taking an equal amount of the asset's cost as an expense for each year of the ass…

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Straight-line method of depreciation noun · 78% connection

(accounting) a method of calculating depreciation by taking an equal amount of the asset's cost as an expense for each year of the ass…

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Unearned income noun · 78% connection

(accounting) income received but not yet earned (usually considered a current liability on a company's balance sheet)

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Unearned revenue noun · 78% connection

(accounting) income received but not yet earned (usually considered a current liability on a company's balance sheet)

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Write-down noun · 78% connection

(accounting) reduction in the book value of an asset

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Write-off noun · 78% connection

(accounting) reduction in the book value of an asset

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Balance sheet noun · 78% connection

a record of the financial situation of an institution on a particular date by listing its assets and the claims against those assets

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Earnings report noun · 78% connection

a financial statement that gives operating results for a specific period

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fiduciary duty noun · 78% connection

the legal duty of a fiduciary to act in the best interests of the beneficiary

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Income noun · 78% connection

the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time

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Income statement noun · 78% connection

a financial statement that gives operating results for a specific period

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Limited liability noun · 78% connection

the liability of a firm's owners for no more than the capital they have invested in the firm

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Agio noun · 78% connection

The premium or percentage on a better sort of money when it is given in exchange for an inferior sort. The premium or discount on fore…

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Allot verb · 78% connection

To distribute, or parcel out in parts or portions; or to distribute to each individual concerned; to assign as a share or lot; to set…

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Allotment noun · 78% connection

That which is allotted; a share, part, or portion granted or distributed; that which is assigned by lot, or by the act of God; anythin…

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Contingent noun · 78% connection

That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share; proportion; esp., a quota of troops.

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Cut noun · 78% connection

a share of the profits; "everyone got a cut of the earnings"

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Dioecious adjective · 78% connection

Having the sexes in two separate individuals; -- applied to plants in which the female flowers occur on one individual and the male fl…

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Dispensation noun · 78% connection

a share that has been dispensed or distributed

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Disperse verb · 78% connection

To distribute wealth; to share one's abundance with others.

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Distributary adjective · 78% connection

Tending to distribute or be distributed; that distributes; distributive.

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Distribution law noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) the total energy in an assembly of molecules is not distributed equally but is distributed around an average value accordi…

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Distributive adjective · 78% connection

Tending to distribute; serving to divide and assign in portions; dealing to each his proper share.

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Divide verb · 78% connection

To make partition of among a number; to apportion, as profits of stock among proprietors; to give in shares; to distribute; to mete ou…

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Dole noun · 78% connection

That which is dealt out; a part, share, or portion also, a scanty share or allowance.

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Equity noun · 78% connection

the ownership interest of shareholders in a corporation

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Fall verb · 78% connection

To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the…

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Gresham's Law noun · 78% connection

(economics) the principle that when two kinds of money having the same denominational value are in circulation the intrinsically more…

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Grubstake noun · 78% connection

funds advanced to a prospector or to someone starting a business in return for a share of the profits

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Individual adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to one only; peculiar to, or characteristic of, a single person or thing; distinctive; as, individual traits of chara…

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