Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• BOOK - Is a term which has several meanings. It can refer to a broker's client list; it may refer to th...
  
  
• BOOK CASH - A firm's cash balance as reported in its financial statements. Also called ledger cash.
  
  
• BOOK COST - normally, is the cost at the time an asset is purchased or realized, i.e. the total amount ...
  
  
• BOOK DEBTS - Accounts receivables owned by a company.
  
  
• BOOK ENTRY - A system of security ownership in which the ownership is held as a computer entry on the r...
  
  
• BOOK ENTRY SECURITIES - Stocks, bonds, other securities, and some certificates of deposit that are purc...
  
  
• BOOK ENTRY SYSTEM - the recording, transferring and processing of securities solely by electronic means...
  
  
• BOOK INCOME - the income reported within the financial statements of the taxable entity, i.e., taxable ...
  
  
• BOOK INVENTORY - the acquistion cost of all inventory less liabilities associated wth the inventory. Se...
  
  
• BOOK MANAGER - The lead managing underwriter who maintains the Book.