Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• ALLOCATIONAL EFFICIENCY - The effectiveness with which a market channels capital toward its most produc...
  
  
• ALLODIAL SYSTEM - A system of land ownership in which land is held free and clear of any rent or servic...
  
  
• ALLONGE - A paper attached to negotiable instruments for signatures when there isn't enough room on the...
  
  
• ALLOTMENT - Smaller parcels or portions of land subdivided from a larger area of land - also known as '...
  
  
• ALLOWABLE COSTS - Covered costs of a medical insurance plan.
  
  
• ALLOWANCE - This is the number you put on your Form W-4 so your employer can calculate the amount of in...
  
  
• ALLOWANCE FOR BAD DEBTS - an account established to record a subtraction from ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, to a...
  
  
• ALLOWANCE FOR DEPRECIATION - See accumulated depreciation.
  
  
• ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS - A reserve for accounts receivable that may not be collectable. The al...
  
  
• ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL DEBTS - see ALLOWANCE FOR BAD DEBTS.