Advanced Deck 3
Total: 20 cards
leverage
noun
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an investment strategy of using borrowed money—specifically, the use of various financial instruments or borrowed capital—to increase the potential return of an investment
oligopoly
noun
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a market situation in which each of a few producers affects but does not control the market
deregulation
noun
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the reduction or elimination of government power in a particular industry, usually enacted to create more competition within the industry
conglomerate
noun
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a corporation made up of a number of different, seemingly unrelated businesses
stake
noun
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a commercial, personal, or emotional investment, interest, or involvement; specifically an interest in an enterprise, especially a financial share
liquidate
verb
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to convert assets into cash or cash equivalents by selling them on the open market
bottleneck
noun
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point of congestion in a production system (such as an assembly line or a computer network) that occurs when workloads arrive too quickly for the production process to handle
market capitalization
noun
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the total dollar market value of a company's outstanding shares of stock
procurement
noun
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the act of obtaining equipment, materials, or supplies
decentralize
verb
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to transfer or diffuse economic decision-making to many different decision-makers rather than concentrate such decision-making centrally
maturity
noun
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the date on which the life of a transaction or financial instrument ends, after which it must either be renewed, or it will cease to exist
liquidity
noun
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the ability or ease with which assets can be converted into cash
overhead
noun
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costs that result from having and maintaining a business
demographic
noun
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a specific segment of a population having shared characteristics
sole proprietorship
noun
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a business owned and controlled by one person who is solely liable for its obligations
royalty
noun
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a right of jurisdiction granted to an individual or corporation by a sovereign; a share of the product or profit reserved by the grantor especially of an oil or mining lease; a payment to an author or composer for each copy of a work sold or to an inventor for each item sold under a patent
cash cow
noun
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a consistently profitable business, property, or product whose profits are used to finance a company's investments in other areas
bail out
phrasal verb
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to give money to a company so that it avoids bankruptcy and is able to continue operations
traction
noun
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the support or interest that is needed for something to make progress or succeed
specification
noun
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a detailed description of the criteria for the constituents, construction, appearance, performance, etc, of a material, apparatus, etc, or of the standard of workmanship required in its manufacture
