Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• GENERAL ACCOUNT - Refers to the assets held by the insurance company to back their obligations for guar...
  
  
• GENERAL ACCOUNTING - involves the basic principles, concepts and accounting practice, recording, financ...
  
  
• GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE (GAO) - Accounting and auditing office of the United States government. An in...
  
  
• GENERAL AGENT - One authorized by a principal to perform any and all acts associated with the continued...
  
  
• GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE (GATT) - The GATT pact was ratified by Congress in 1994 to foste...
  
  
• GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES (G&A) - the expenses of operating a business that are not directly ...
  
  
• GENERAL AVERAGE - Provision in maritime law where all shippers on a given voyage would reimburse the sh...
  
  
• GENERAL AVERAGE CONTRIBUTION - The amount of money paid by each shipper involved in a General Average.
  
  
• GENERAL CASH OFFER - A public offering made to investors at large.
  
  
• GENERAL CONTRACTOR - A licensed construction specialist who enters into a construction contract with a ...