Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• DEFLATOR - A statistical factor used to convert current dollar purchasing power into inflation-adjusted...
  
  
• DEFUNCT - something that has ceased to exist; a company or organization that has been dissolved.
  
  
• DEGREE - One 360th of a circle. One 90th of a right angle. Used in astronomic bearings in metes and bou...
  
  
• DEGREE DAY - A measure of the coldness of the weather (heating degree day) or its heat (cooling degree ...
  
  
• DEGREE OF FINANCIAL LEVERAGE (DFL) - The percentage change in a firm's earnings per share (EPS) resulti...
  
  
• DEGREE OF OPERATING LEVERAGE (DOL) - The percentage change in a firm's operating profit (EBIT) resultin...
  
  
• DEGREE OF TOTAL LEVERAGE (DTL) - The percentage change in a firm's earnings per share (EPS) resulting f...
  
  
• DEGREE-DAY - A unit of measure for the deviation of a day's average temperature from the arbitrary stan...
  
  
• DEGREE-DAY SWAPS - A Swap (q.v.) that receives (pays) a floating payment proportional to the change in ...
  
  
• DEGREES OF FREEDOM - The number of independent observations; the number of observations minus the numbe...