Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• OPERATING EXPENSES BUDGET - forecasts all of the elements of a business' operating expenses, such as sa...
  
  
• OPERATING EXPOSURE - in foreign exchange, is currency fluctuations combined with price level changes th...
  
  
• OPERATING IN THE RED - Doing business while losing money.
  
  
• OPERATING INCOME - An income statement subtotal that is variously called operating income or operating ...
  
  
• OPERATING INTEREST - the legal right to assets used to produce revenue, e.g., produce oil or gas from a...
  
  
• OPERATING LEASE - Short-term, cancelable lease. A type of lease in which the contract period is shorter...
  
  
• OPERATING LEVERAGE - Fixed operating costs, which are characterized as leverage because they accentuate...
  
  
• OPERATING LOAN - A loan intended for short-term financing, supplying cash flow support or to cover day-...
  
  
• OPERATING MARGIN - the ratio of operating income to sales revenue.
  
  
• OPERATING PROFIT - Gross Profit minus Operating Expenses.