Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• TAINTED ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE - receivables that are considered to be legally suspect due to acts of frau...
  
  
• TAIWAN STOCK EXCHANGE (TSEC) - Established in 1961, the only centralized securities market in Taiwan.
  
  
• TAKE - (1) To agree to buy. A dealer or customer who agrees to buy at another dealer's offered price is...
  
  
• TAKE A BATH - To sustain a loss on either a speculation or an investment.
  
  
• TAKE A FLIER - To speculate on highly risky securities.
  
  
• TAKE A POSITION - To buy or sell short; that is to own or to owe some amount on an asset or derivative ...
  
  
• TAKE A POWDER - Temporarily cancel an order or indication in a stock, while unrepresented interest stil...
  
  
• TAKE A SWING - Execute a trade at a price that the trader feels is higher or more risky than would norm...
  
  
• TAKE OFF - A sharp increase in the price of a stock, or a positive movement of the market as a whole.
  
  
• TAKE THE OFFER - Buy stock by accepting a floor broker's (listed) or dealer's (OTC) offer at an agreed-...