Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• BLITZKRIEG TENDER OFFER - In the context of a takeover, refers to a tender offer that is priced so attr...
  
  
• BLN OR BLN - Refers to a billion. Some use b or B to refer to a billion as well.
  
  
• BLOCK - Large quantity of stock or large dollar amount of bonds held or traded. As a rule of thumb, 10,...
  
  
• BLOCK CALL - In the context of general equities, conference meeting during which customer indications a...
  
  
• BLOCK HOUSE - Brokerage firms that help to find potential buyers or sellers of large block trades.
  
  
• BLOCK LIST - In the context of general equities, listing of stock the investment bank is looking for (w...
  
  
• BLOCK TRADE - When at least 10,000 shares of stock or bonds valued at $200,000 or more are bought or so...
  
  
• BLOCK TRADER - A dealer who will take a position in the block trades to accommodate customer buyers and...
  
  
• BLOCK TRADES - Large transactions of a particular stock sold as a unit.
  
  
• BLOCK TUITION - A program enabling full-time students to pay a single price for any number of credits t...