Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• BOTTOM LINE - in accounting/finance, is specifically net income after taxes. In general, it is an expre...
  
  
• BOTTOM SEDIMENT AND WATER (BS&W) - Often found in crude oil and residual fuel.
  
  
• BOTTOM UP - a concept of analyzing a subject, such as costs or revenue, starting from the lowest level ...
  
  
• BOTTOM-UP EQUITY MANAGEMENT STYLE - A management style that de-emphasizes the significance of economic ...
  
  
• BOTTOM-UP INVESTING - When you use a bottom-up investing strategy, you focus on the potential of indivi...
  
  
• BOTTOMLAND - Low lying land, near a water course or in a valley or similar geographic contour.
  
  
• BOTTOMLINE GROWTH - Growth in net profit. Also see topline growth.
  
  
• BOUGHT DEAL - Security issue in which one or two underwriters buy the entire issue. Also known as a gua...
  
  
• BOUNCE - A check returned by a bank because it is not payable, usually because of insufficient funds. A...
  
  
• BOUNCE PROTECTION - A high-cost form of overdraft protection. Typically offered automatically to checki...