Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• MANUFACTURING CONCERN - an entity that derives its products for sale, thereby revenue, through the dire...
  
  
• MANUFACTURING STATEMENT - see MANUFACTURING ACCOUNT.
  
  
• MAP - can mean Manufacturing Application Protocol, Merchant Account Provider, Minimum Advertised Price,...
  
  
• MAPLE LEAF - A gold, silver, or platinum coin minted in Canada that usually trades at slightly more tha...
  
  
• MAPPING - Refers to the presentation of financial positions. It is used in risk and portfolio managemen...
  
  
• MARCHÉ À TERME INTERNATIONALE DE FRANCE (MATIF) - The French derivatives exchange, which dominates trad...
  
  
• MARCHING ORDERS - instructions (from the military)
  
  
• MARGIN - (1) An amount of cash or collateral that a buyer or borrower must provide in excess of value o...
  
  
• MARGIN (SPREAD) - The amount added to an index to determine the interest rate on an ARM.
  
  
• MARGIN (STOCKS) - allows investors to buy securities/assets by borrowing money from a broker/banker. Th...