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Inventory turnover

Financial services; Accountancy

A ratio showing how many times a company's inventory is sold and replaced over a period.

Accrued interest

Financial services; Accountancy

The interest due on a bond since the last interest payment was made. The buyer of the bond pays the market price plus accrued interest.

Account for

Financial services; Accountancy

To give a record of how the money in your care has been spent.

Allowance

Financial services; Accountancy

Money that you are given regularly, especially to pay for a particular thing.

Aggregate

Financial services; Accountancy

Something formed by adding together several amounts or things.

Sale and leaseback transaction

Financial services; Accountancy

The sale of an asset and the leasing back of the same asset. The lease payment and the sale price are usually interdependent because they are negotiated as a package.

Separate

Financial services; Accountancy

Those presented by a parent, an investor in an basis of the direct equity interest rather than on the basis of the reported results and net assets of the investees.

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