Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• WANTS - The things in life that are not essential for survival but are desired for comfort, convenience...
  
  
• WAR BABIES - Slang term for the stocks and bonds of corporations in the defense industry.
  
  
• WAR CHEST - Cash kept aside for a takeover or for defense against a takeover bid.
  
  
• WAR RISK INSURANCE - Separate insurance coverage against loss or damage due to acts of war (including o...
  
  
• WAREHOUSE FEE - Many mortgage firms must borrow funds on a short term basis in order to originate loans...
  
  
• WAREHOUSE FINANCING - A form of inventory financing in which goods are held in trust as collateral for ...
  
  
• WAREHOUSE LINES OF CREDIT - An informal name used by some bankers for lines of credit used to finance a...
  
  
• WAREHOUSE LOAN - see warehousing.
  
  
• WAREHOUSE RECEIPT - Written evidence of goods held in a warehouse operated by a third party. The goods ...
  
  
• WAREHOUSEMAN'S LIEN - The charge that a warehouseman has on goods left for storage in his care. The wa...