part 2 Flashcards
perfect competition
can be found in markets with so many suppliers and buyers that no single individual or business can possibility influence the price
holistic
adj dealing with or treating the whole of something or someone and not just a part:
My doctor takes a holistic approach to disease.
Ecological problems usually require holistic solutions.
collateral
valuable property owned by someone who wants to borrow money, that they agree will become the property of the company or person who lends the money if the debt is not paid back:
She used/put up her house as collateral for a loan.
mortgage
an agreement that allows you to borrow money from a bank or similar organization, especially in order to buy a house, or the amount of money itself:
They took out a £40o,000 mortgage (= they borrowed £40o,000) to buy the house.
a monthly mortgage payment
rate of return
the amount of profit that an investment earns calculated as a percentage of the money that was originally invested:
the actual/annual rate of return The Fund’s actual rate of return may be greater or less than the 5% return shown in the illustration.
withdraw
V. to take money out of an account:
This account allows you to withdraw a maximum daily amount of $500.
withdraw cash/funds/savings The economic crisis saw people queuing to withdraw their savings.
interest
money that is charged by a bank or other financial organization for lending money:
interest charges/payments Interest charges on an overdraft are usually quite high.
retain
V. to keep or continue to have something:
She has lost her battle to retain control of the company.
He managed to retain his dignity throughout the performance.
dispute
N. an argument or disagreement, especially an official one:
The judge urged the feuding partners to settle their legal dispute .
Staff have been in a long-running pay dispute with the company.
An official involved in the dispute said that the attorney has indicated
common stock
a share or shares of a company providing the owner with a right to vote at shareholder meetings and to receive a part of the company profits as a dividend
free float
one third of shares hold by 2 companies. the rest is free float which means that these 2 thirds of shares are actually available on SE
market capitalization
market cap
the total value of a company’s shares on a stock market:
The company has a total market capitalization of about $14.3 billion.
P/E ratio
price/earnings ratio
price/earnings ratio or price-to-earnings ratio: a company’s share price in relation to its profits:
The P/E ratio is a key gauge used by the City in assessing the price of shares.
dividend yield
the dividend a company pays out to investors as a percentage of the share price:
A high-growth company will have a low dividend yield because it reinvests most of its profits.
The dividend yield ratio tells you how much a stock is paying off for the price of the stock.
retained earnings
the part of a company’s profit in a particular period that it decides to keep, rather than paying it to shareholders as a dividend:
PNC had retained earnings of $302 million that can be used to help make debt payments or be reinvested in the company.
revenue expenditure
money that a company spends on activities that are directly related to making sales in a particular period:
Grants can be awarded for either capital or revenue expenditure.
loan capital
money that a business borrows from banks and other organizations for an agreed period and on which it pays interest:
Only about £7m is expected to be available as loan capital to finance start-ups.
obsolescence
N. the process or fact of becoming old-fashioned and no longer useful:
Depreciation refers to the loss of value of an asset due to age, wear and tear, and obsolescence.
marketing
creating value for customer
product
is every good or service that can be exchanged in order to fulfil the wishes and needs of costumer
consumer
person who buys goods or services for their own use
unique selling proposition
USP
differentiation. unique, special or better than the rest
marketing objectives
1 customer satisfaction- loyalty 2 creating USP 3 gaining and maintaining market share 4 maintaining or creating sales 5 profitability
neglect
to not give enough care or attention to people or things that are your responsibility:
to neglect your appearance/the house
He neglects that poor dog - he never takes him for walks or gives him any attention.