Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• WARRANTY DEED - A deed in which the grantor fully warrants good clear title to the premises; also calle...
  
  
• WARSAW STOCK EXCHANGE - The major securities market of Poland.
  
  
• WASH - Gains equal losses.
  
  
• WASH SALE - When shares of a fund or stock or exchanged or redeemed at a loss and shares of the same (o...
  
  
• WASH TRANSACTION - See Wash Sale.
  
  
• WASHOUT ROUND - a financing round whereby previous investors, the founders, and management suffer signi...
  
  
• WASTE - An improper use or an abuse of a property by a possessor who holds less than fee ownership, suc...
  
  
• WASTING - A term depicting how an option's value decreases over time; as each day after acquisition pas...
  
  
• WASTING ASSET - An asset that has a limited life and thus decreases in value (depreciates) over time. A...
  
  
• WATCH LIST - A list of securities selected for special surveillance by a brokerage, exchange, or regula...