Biz Terms

Absorption rate most commonly refers to a metric used in the real estate market to evaluate the rate at which available homes...

Absorption costing, sometimes called “full costing,” is a managerial accounting method for capturing all costs associated with manufacturing a particular...

Absolute return is the return that an asset achieves over a specified period. This measure looks at the appreciation or depreciation, expressed...

Absolute advantage is the ability of an individual, company, region, or country to produce a greater quantity of a good...

An abnormal return describes the unusually large profits or losses generated by a given investment or portfolio over a specified...

The ability-to-pay philosophy of taxation maintains that taxes should be levied according to a taxpayer's ability to pay. The idea is that...

Abenomics is the nickname for the economic policies set out for Japan in 2012 when prime minister Shinzo Abe came...

The American Association of Retired Persons, commonly known by its acronym AARP, is America's leading organization for people aged fifty...

AAA is the highest possible rating that may be assigned to an issuer’s bonds by any of the major credit-rating agencies. AAA-rated...

China A-shares are the stock shares of mainland China-based companies that trade on the two Chinese stock exchanges, the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE)...

An A-B trust is a joint trust created by a married couple for the purpose of minimizing estate taxes. It...