Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• HIGHS - Stocks that have hit an all-time high for the current 52-week time period.
  
  
• HIGHWAY - In common parlance, a road which offers higher speed limits than a normal urban street. In le...
  
  
• HINES RATIO - A modified put/call ratio that refines traditional option ratio analysis by including the...
  
  
• HIP - The intersection of two roof planes, forming a ridge running down the roof from peak to eave.
  
  
• HIRE AND PURCHASE AGREEMENT - a contract (more fully called contract of hire with an option of purchase...
  
  
• HIRE PURCHASE - The right to purchase an asset by the user of the asset according to a pre-agreed metho...
  
  
• HIRING FREEZE - A temporary restriction on hiring in order to achieve financial savings.
  
  
• HISTOGRAM - A table or bar chart displaying a probability distribution. All of the probabilities in the...
  
  
• HISTORIC DISTRICT - A classification (whether under zoning, heritage or other authority) of a specific ...
  
  
• HISTORIC PRESERVATION - A movement to protect buildings with historic value from destruction or extensi...