Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• PROPRIETARY TRADING - Trading activity that is conducted purely for the anticipated profit of the tradi...
  
  
• PROPRIETORS DRAW - when a business proprietor draws money for personal needs, but is taxed on business ...
  
  
• PROPRIETORS FUNDS - owner's capital plus net profit minus owners drawings.
  
  
• PROPRIETORSHIP - Business owned by an individual without the limited liability protection of a CORPORAT...
  
  
• PRORATE - to allocate between two or more parties, the proportionate share of each. For example, the pa...
  
  
• PRORATION - Refers to the division between cash and stock in a takeover offer. Often a takeover is a co...
  
  
• PRORATIONS - The allocation of charges and credits to the appropriate parties at a real estate sale and...
  
  
• PROSPECT - 1. To investigate land for valuable mineral deposits. 2. A potential buyer.
  
  
• PROSPECTING - Locating owners of properties who are interested in selling, or buyers who are interested...
  
  
• PROSPECTIVE EARNINGS GROWTH (PEG RATIO) - Based on forecasts from proprietary sources such as Instituti...