Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

# A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 

• UNIT INVESTMENT TRUST (UIT) - A UIT is generally a fixed portfolio of bonds with specific maturity date...
  
  
• UNIT OF ACCOUNT - One of the functions of of money in many (but not all) money systems: the unit by whi...
  
  
• UNIT OF TRADING - When you buy stocks, bonds, options and commodities futures, it's typical to buy in a...
  
  
• UNIT SHARE INVESTMENT TRUST (USIT) - A unit investment trust comprising one unit of prime and one unit ...
  
  
• UNIT TRAIN - A train, usually with several locomotives, devoted to the transportation of a sole commodi...
  
  
• UNIT TRUST - The category of investment known as a mutual fund in the US is called a unit trust in othe...
  
  
• UNIT-CONTROL SYSTEM - an accounting system used in inventory management that tracks inventory using bin...
  
  
• UNIT-IN-PLACE METHOD - The appraisal method of estimating building costs by calculating the costs of al...
  
  
• UNIT-LEVEL ACTIVITY - in Activity Based Costing, is an activity that must be done for each unit of prod...
  
  
• UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE - An agency of the Treasury Department charged with enforcing laws relati...