Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• BUNDLING, UNBUNDLING - Creation of securities either by combining primitive and derivative securities i...
  
  
• BUNGALOW - a one- or one and one-half story house with low exterior lines. In Chicago, a bungalow is a ...
  
  
• BUNKER C FUEL OIL (OR BUNKERING FUEL) - Fuel used for ships. Generally refers to a No. 6 grade of resid...
  
  
• BURDEN OF PROOF - The legal requirement to provide enough evidence to win a lawsuit. In civil cases, su...
  
  
• BURDEN RATE - when referring to personnel burden, is the sum of employer costs over and above salaries ...
  
  
• BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS (BLS) - A research agency of the U.S. Department of Labor; it compiles stati...
  
  
• BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS - BLS - A research agency of the U.S. Department of Labor; it compiles stati...
  
  
• BUREAU RATE - in some states, a standard rate is established by a rating bureau for all companies writi...
  
  
• BURN RATE - the rate at which a new company uses up its venture capital to finance overhead before gene...
  
  
• BURNOUT - Is a phenomenon in the mortgage market. It represents the tendency of pools to become less se...