This page gathers the 6,342 dictionary entries belonging to the domain “Business”, as labelled by Wiktionary. Each word leads to its full entry: definitions, etymology, pronunciation, examples. Page 17 of 64: from “diffusion” to “doped”.
- diffusion noun The gradual spread and adoption of goods or services.
- dig verb To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore.
- digit trunk noun Synonym of bus (“an electrical conductor or interface serving as a common connection for two or more circuits or components”)
- digital noun A digital option.
- digital decay noun The gradual process by which information online or in digital storage disappears or becomes inaccessible.
- digital direct marketing noun A marketing method that uses the email of a consumer to send advertisements and other forms of communications to a target audience.
- digital electronics noun A field of electronics involving the study of digital signals and the engineering of devices that use or produce them.
- digital gold noun A form of digital currency based on mass units of gold.
- digital meter noun A type of measuring device which records the use of electricity and water, and which then electronically reports the usage to a utility…
- digital scarcity noun A limitation, imposed through software, of digital information; in particular, the limitation on the total supply of a cryptocurrency or…
- digital target noun A computer-generated symbol representing an aircraft's position, based on a primary return or radar beacon reply, shown on a digital…
- digital twin noun A digital model of an intended or existing real-world physical product, system, or process (a physical twin); it serves as the effectively…
- digitized target noun A computer-generated indication shown on an analog display resulting from a primary radar return or a radar beacon.
- dihedral noun The upward slope of an aircraft's wing
- dilute verb To cause the value of individual shares or the stake of a shareholder to decrease by increasing the total number of shares.
- dilution noun Ellipsis of share dilution.
- dilving noun The shaking of tin ore in a sieve held underwater so that the waste flows out, leaving the tin behind.
- dim sum bond noun A bond issued outside of China but denominated in Chinese renminbi, rather than the local currency or U.S. dollars, or reserve currencies.
- dimensional shingle noun A shingle that is textured, overlayed, or laminated and designed to produce a three-dimensional effect.
- diminished value noun A compensable loss in a property item's value after having been damaged and subsequently repaired or, in the case of a construction, having…
- dimit verb To dismiss, let go, or release.
- dingleberry noun Any residual irregularity following processing.
- diode noun An electronic device that allows current to flow in one direction only; used chiefly as a rectifier.
- dip noun A sudden drop followed by a climb, usually to avoid obstacles or as the result of getting into an airhole.
- DIP switch noun A miniature switch designed to be attached to a circuit board to customize the behavior of the circuit.
- direct adj Having a single flight number.
- direct bank noun A bank that provides its services exclusively through digital channels such as the Internet, mobile apps, email, etc.
- direct cost noun A cost that can be directly attributed to a cost object (such as a particular project, facility, function, service, or product).
- direct deposit noun A deposit of money straight from the source (and initiated by the source) into a bank account, by wire, or other means.
- direct marketing noun Marketing that reaches potential buyers by communications directly addressed to the consumer or customer.
- direct response noun Marketing designed to generate an immediate response from consumers, where each consumer response (and purchase) can be measured and…
- direction indicator noun An instrument that shows both the current heading and the desired heading needed to follow a predetermined course.
- directivity noun A measure of the performance of an antenna compared to an isotropic antenna; the ratio of the maximum value of radiation intensity to the…
- director noun A component of a Yagi–Uda antenna.
- dirigible noun A self-propelled airship that can be steered.
- dirt noun In placer mining, earth, gravel, etc., before washing.
- dirty adj Having the undercarriage or flaps in the down position.
- dirty money noun Money that is illegally gained, illegally transferred or illegally utilized, especially money gained through forgery, bribery…
- disable verb To deactivate, to make inoperational (especially of a function of an electronic or mechanical device).
- disbud verb To remove buds from a plant in order to promote growth and health in the remaining buds.
- disbudding noun Removal of superfluous bud growths from a plant, done to encourage more robust growth of the fruit.
- disc verb To harrow with a disc harrow.
- discharge verb To release (an accumulated charge).
- disconnector noun A switching device used to open an electric circuit when there is no current through it. They are used to isolate a part of an electrical…
- discount noun A deduction made for interest, in advancing money upon, or purchasing, a bill or note not due; payment in advance of interest upon money.
- discount rate noun An interest rate that a central bank charges depository institutions that borrow reserves from it.
- discrete adj Having separate electronic components, such as individual diodes, transistors and resistors, as opposed to integrated circuitry.
- discrete component noun a component with just one circuit element, either passive (resistor, capacitor, inductor) or active (transistor or vacuum tube).
- discretionary spending noun US government expenditures which are subject to annual review and authorization by Congress, as distinct from expenditures authorized by…
- discriminator noun A feature of the seller's offering that differs from a competitor's offering and is important to the buyer in question.
- dish noun A trough in which ore is measured.
- disintermediation noun The removal of funds from a financial institution such as a bank for direct purchase of financial instruments.
- disk verb To harrow.
- displacement noun The transfer of electricity along tubes of induction and thereby polarizing a dielectric.
- disposition effect noun The tendency of investors to sell assets that have increased in value, while keeping assets that have dropped in value.
- disreef verb To allow (a reefed parachute) to fully open.
- disruptive adj Causing major change, as in a market.
- distress sale noun A sale that takes place during adverse market conditions for the seller, and thus raises less money than might have been expected.
- distressed adj Experiencing financial or operational distress, default, or bankruptcy.
- distributable noun Any of the costs that are not directly associated with a specific account.
- distribute verb To have employees working remotely from multiple locations.
- distribution noun The process by which goods get to final consumers over a geographical market, including storing, selling, shipping and advertising.
- district noun A specific, usually named area of the coalface where particular seams are worked.
- ditch verb To deliberately crash-land an airplane on water.
- dither verb To use dot patterns in an image or graphic to simulate colors or shades not in the system palette.
- dive noun Aerial descent with the nose pointed down.
- divebomb verb Of an aircraft, to bomb while in a steep dive.
- diverse verb To make the scope of (business, investments, etc.) different or varied, especially so as to balance and mitigate risks.
- diversification noun An investment strategy involving investing in a range of assets with differing features in order to reduce specific risk.
- diversity noun Equal-opportunity inclusion.
- divest verb To sell off or be rid of through sale, especially of a subsidiary.
- dividend noun A cash payment of money by a company to its shareholders, usually made periodically (e.g., quarterly or annually).
- dividend reinvestment plan noun A company-run program, in which for an enrolled shareholder, the program takes the company's stock dividend payout to the investor, to buy…
- dividend stripping noun The practice of buying shares shortly before a dividend is declared and then selling them when they go ex dividend; used as an investment…
- dividend trap noun A kind of value trap which masks its problematic growth prospects by high dividend yield or dividend growth.
- DM noun Initialism of Deutsche Mark.
- do verb To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note.
- dobber noun A part of a planter.
- dobby noun A device in some looms that allows the weaving of small geometric patterns.
- dock verb To move a spaceship into its dock/berth under its own power.
- docking noun The process of connecting one spacecraft to another.
- docking port noun The connector used to temporarily join two spacecraft.
- doff verb To remove or take off (something worn on the body such as armour or clothing, or something carried).
- dog tooth noun A sharp zig-zag pattern on the leading edge of a wing which increases the vorticity over the wing and reduces spanwise flow.
- dogecoin noun A cryptocurrency featuring the Shiba Inu from the "doge" meme as its logo.
- dogfight noun A twisting turning battle between two or more military aircraft, especially between fighters.
- dogfighting noun Close combat between two military aircraft.
- doggy noun Synonym of corporal.
- doghair noun Pine forest where the trees have grown extremely thin and close together.
- doghole verb To work in a doghole mine, especially to manually dig up a vein.
- doghouse plot noun A chart showing the relationship between speed at level flight and altitude (or sometimes other variables).
- dogship noun An experimental model of an aircraft.
- dogtooth noun Alternative form of dog tooth, a jagged leading edge of a wing.
- dollar-a-year man noun Any number of American executives who mobilized the United States for the World Wars in exchange for a salary of one dollar.
- dome noun A press stud or snap fastener.
- donut hole noun An income bracket where one is without benefits, even though benefits are available in the next lower and next higher brackets.
- dook noun A heading or roadway following the dip of the strata.
- doom loop noun A feedback loop that can occur when banks hold government bonds and governments with weak public finances bail out such banks.
- dope noun Any varnish used to coat a part, such as an airplane wing or a hot-air balloon in order to waterproof, strengthen, etc.
- doped adj Describing a semiconductor that has had small amounts of elements added to create charge carriers.