Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• WINDOW CONTRACT - A guaranteed investment contract purchased with deposits over some future designated ...
  
  
• WINDOW DRESSING - Trading activity near the end of a quarter or fiscal year that is designed to improve...
  
  
• WINDOW OF ENTERPRISE - depicts the overall structure of accounting.
  
  
• WINDOW WELL - The dugout area just outside of a basement window that can be used to escape in the event...
  
  
• WINNER'S CURSE - Problem faced by uninformed bidders. For example, in an initial public offering uninfo...
  
  
• WINNIPEG COMMODITY EXCHANGE - Canada's only agricultural futures and options exchange, located in Manit...
  
  
• WIP - an acronym for Work in Process/Progress. Usually refers to inventory that has value added from la...
  
  
• WIPEOUT BRIDGE - a short term financing that has onerous features whereby if the company does not secur...
  
  
• WIPEOUT ROUND - see Washout round.
  
  
• WIRE HOUSE - International and national brokerage houses with multiple branches used to have an advanta...