Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• AVOIRDUPOIS UNIT - Customary U.S. weights. 1 troy ounce = 1.09 ounces avoirdupois.
  
  
• AVULSION - The sudden tearing away of land, as by earthquake, flood, volcanic action or the sudden chan...
  
  
• AW - The two-character ISO 3166 country code for ARUBA.
  
  
• AWAIT INSTRUCTIONS - Is the designation for a special pairing or matching of transactions. It also refe...
  
  
• AWARD - Is the decision of an Arbitration Panel.
  
  
• AWARD LETTER - Informs a student know how much financial aid he or she will qualify for in the upcoming...
  
  
• AWAY - A trade, quote, or market that does not originate with the dealer in question, e.g., "the bid is...
  
  
• AWAY FROM THE MARKET - In context of general equities, out of line with the inside market at this time,...
  
  
• AWAY FROM US - Used in context of general equities, to characterize role of a competing broker/dealer. ...
  
  
• AWAY FROM YOU - Used for listed equity securities. See: Outside of you.