Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• ACKNOWLEDGMENT - A formal declaration made before a duly authorized officer, usually a notary public, b...
  
  
• ACMA - an acronym for Associate Chartered Management Accountant.
  
  
• ACQUIRED SURPLUS - The surplus acquired when a company is purchased in a pooling of interests combinati...
  
  
• ACQUIREE - A firm that is being acquired.
  
  
• ACQUIREE, TRANSFEREE, VICTIM, OFFEREE, TARGET COMPANY - The company which is being merged or taken over...
  
  
• ACQUIRER - A firm or individual that is purchasing another firm or asset.
  
  
• ACQUIRER, PREDATOR, OFFEROR, CORPORATE RAIDER - The company which is making a bid for the merger or tak...
  
  
• ACQUIRING FINANCIAL INSTITUTION - Merchants must maintain an account with an acquiring financial instit...
  
  
• ACQUISITION - If a company buys another company outright, or accumulates enough shares to take a contro...
  
  
• ACQUISITION COST - The amount of money or other valuable consideration expended to obtain title to a pr...