Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• BOOK PROFIT - The cumulative book income plus any gain or loss on disposition of assets.
  
  
• BOOK RUNNER - Refers to the lead or managing underwriter who "runs" or maintains the books for the tran...
  
  
• BOOK TO BILL - The book-to-bill ratio is the ratio of orders taken (booked) to products shipped and bil...
  
  
• BOOK TO MARKET - The ratio of book value to market value of equity. A high ratio is often interpreted a...
  
  
• BOOK TRANSFER - Is the conveyance or change in ownership without a physical delivery.
  
  
• BOOK VALUE - an accounting term which usually refers to a business' historical cost of assets less liab...
  
  
• BOOK VALUE PER SHARE - The equity value of an outstanding share of stock calculated by subtracting a co...
  
  
• BOOK(S) - when used as a noun refers to journals or ledgers (for example: cash book). When used a verb ...
  
  
• BOOK-ENTRY - Registered ownership of stock without the issuance of a corresponding stock certificate, a...
  
  
• BOOK-ENTRY SECURITIES - Securities which are not represented by paper certificates but are maintained i...