Principles of Business, Unit 4: Chapter 19

This list focuses on savings and investment strategies (Unit 4, Chapter 19).

Here are links to all the chapters of Unit 4, Personal Financial Management: Chapter 15, Chapter 16, Chapter 17, Chapter 18, Chapter 19, Chapter 20

Here are links to all the units of the business textbook published by South-Western Cengage Learning: Unit 1, Unit 2, Unit 3, Unit 4
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  1. invest
    lay out money or resources in an enterprise
  2. yield
    the income or profit arising from a transaction
  3. liquidity
    being in cash or easily convertible to cash
  4. preferred
    more desirable than another
  5. stock
    capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares
  6. broker
    a businessman who buys or sells for another
  7. exchange
    a workplace for buying and selling; open only to members
  8. value
    a numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed
  9. municipal
    relating to a self-governing district
  10. corporate
    of or belonging to a business firm
  11. bond
    a certificate of debt issued by a government or corporation
  12. mutual
    common to or shared by two or more parties
  13. fund
    a financial institution that sells shares to individuals
  14. estate
    extensive landed property retained by the owner
  15. mortgage
    a conveyance of property as security for repaying a loan
  16. equity
    difference between value of a property and claims against it
  17. assess
    estimate a property's value for taxation
  18. commodity
    any good that can be bought and sold
  19. future
    commodities bought at an agreed price for later delivery
  20. contract
    a binding agreement that is enforceable by law
  21. economist
    an expert in the circulation of goods and services
  22. compound
    calculate interest on both principal and accrued interest
  23. livestock
    any animals kept for use or profit
  24. antique
    made in or typical of earlier times and valued for its age
  25. precious
    of high worth or cost
  26. monetary
    relating to or involving money
  27. assurance
    a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something
  28. dividend
    earnings of a corporation distributed to its shareholders
  29. security
    financial instrument documenting ownership of an investment
  30. redemption
    repayment of the principal amount of a debt or security
Created on Thu Oct 20 16:48:48 EDT 2016 (updated Thu Oct 27 18:17:39 EDT 2016)

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