Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• DEFINED-BENEFIT PLAN - An employee's benefits are defined, either as a fixed amount or a percentage of ...
  
  
• DEFINED-CONTRIBUTION PLAN - An employee's benefits at retirement are determined by the amount contribut...
  
  
• DEFLATE - Is the economic and financial process whereby the monetary and fiscal authorities act to stab...
  
  
• DEFLATION - Deflation Is the economic and financial phenomenon which represents declining prices partic...
  
  
• 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...