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Human rights

Fundamental and universal rights and freedoms to which all human beings are entitled. They consist of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights that States are obliged to fully respect according to common standards ratified by national and international legislation.

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spot month

Financial services; General Finance

The nearest delivery month on a futures contract.

Special-Purpose Entity

Financial services; General Finance

A financing technique in which a company decreases its risk by creating separate partnerships, rather than subsidiaries, for certain holdings and solicits outside investors to ...

sweat equity

Financial services; General Finance

An increase in equity created by the labor of the owner.

suicide pill

Financial services; General Finance

A hostile takeover prevention tactic that could destroy the target company. Taking on a large amount of debt to prevent the takeover might cause bankruptcy, for example.

tender offer

Financial services; General Finance

General offer made publicly and directly to a firm's shareholders to buy their stock at a price well above the current market price.

security market plane

Financial services; General Finance

A plane that shows the relationship between expected return and the beta coefficient of more than one factor.

cheshire

Dairy products; Cheese

One of the oldest English cheeses, invented during the 12th century. There are three types of Cheshire: White, Red (colored with annatto) and Blue which is punctured during the ...

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