Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

# A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 

• DEPRESSION - A depression is a severe and prolonged downturn in the economy. Prices fall, reducing purc...
  
  
• DEQ - Abbreviation for the Incoterm "Delivered Ex Quay."
  
  
• DERAL HOME BOARD - U.S. board that regulates federal savings and loan associations.
  
  
• DEREGULATION - The reduction of government's role in controlling markets, which lead to freer markets, ...
  
  
• DERELICTION - The gradual receding of water, leaving more land than was there previously.
  
  
• DERIVATIVE - Derivatives are hybrid investments, such as futures contracts, options, and mortgage-backe...
  
  
• DERIVATIVE CONTRACT - is, generally, a financial contract the value of which is derived from the values...
  
  
• DERIVATIVE CONVEYANCE - A transfer of property made to correct or confirm an earlier conveyance.
  
  
• DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS - Contracts such as options and futures whose price is derived from the price of...
  
  
• DERIVATIVE LIABILITIES - financial instruments under contracts that have one or more underlying and one...