Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• DEBT-TO-EQUITY RATIO - You find a company's debt-to-equity ratio by dividing its total long-term debt b...
  
  
• DEBT-TO-INCOME RATIO - The percentage of before-tax earnings that are spent to pay off loans for obliga...
  
  
• DEBT-TO-WORTH RATIO - The simplest way to measure leverage. Calculated by dividing total liabilities by...
  
  
• DEBT/EQUITY RATIO - Indicator of financial leverage. Compares assets provided by creditors to assets pr...
  
  
• DEBTAHOLIC - A borrower who cannot handle debt except by complete abstinence.
  
  
• DEBTEE - a creditor, one who lends money.
  
  
• DEBTHOLDER - See: Bondholder
  
  
• DEBTOR - 1. A party who owes money or other performance to another party. Under the UCC, debtor include...
  
  
• DEBTOR DAYS - a ratio used to work out how many days on average it takes a company to get paid for what...
  
  
• DEBTOR IN POSSESSION - In some bankruptcy proceedings, the debtor, rather than a trustee, may continue ...