This page gathers the 1,494 dictionary entries belonging to the domain “Finance”, as labelled by Wiktionary. Each word leads to its full entry: definitions, etymology, pronunciation, examples. Page 13 of 15: from “special-purpose vehicle” to “tax return”.
- special-purpose vehicle noun A legal entity (usually a limited company or a limited partnership) created to fulfill narrow, specific or temporary objectives, typically…
- specific risk noun A risk inherent in a small group of assets that can be mitigated by diversifying, investing in a broad portfolio of assets.
- speculate verb To make a risky trade in the hope of making a profit; to venture or gamble.
- speculation noun An investment involving higher-than-normal risk in order to obtain a higher-than-normal return.
- speculator noun One who speculates; as in investing, one who is willing to take volatile risks upon invested principal for the potential of substantial…
- speculatory adj speculative (involving risk)
- speed noun A third-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the rate of change of gamma with respect to changes in the underlying…
- speed bump noun Any technical measure taken by an electronic financial exchange to deliberately delay orders by microseconds or milliseconds.
- split adj Divided so as to be done or executed part at one time or price and part at another time or price.
- spot adj Available on the spot; for immediate payment or delivery.
- spot date noun The normal settlement day when the transaction is carried out as soon as practical, i.e. "on the spot".
- spot market noun A market in which commodities are bought and sold for immediate delivery, with delivery usually taking place in the same or next business…
- spot trade noun A method of purchasing and selling assets at the current market rate, i.e., the spot price, with the intention of taking delivery of the…
- spread noun The difference between the price of a futures month and the price of another month of the same commodity.
- ssk noun Abbreviation of self-service kiosk.
- stag noun An outside irregular dealer in stocks, who is not a member of the exchange.
- stake verb To deposit and risk a considerable amount of cryptocurrency in order to participate in the proof of stake process of verification.
- staker noun One who participates in proof of stake.
- stale adj Out of date, unpaid for an unreasonable amount of time, particularly in reference to checks.
- stalking horse noun the first bid on a bankrupt company, which sets the low bar for further bidding
- standard money noun A type of monetary unit which is designated by a government to serve as the basis of its currency system.
- Starker exchange noun A process similar to 1031 exchange but involving the non-simultaneous sale and purchase of real estate, rather than an actual exchange.
- state bond noun A type of municipal bond issued by a state government in order to raise capital for public infrastructure projects.
- statement noun A document that summarizes financial activity.
- statement of affairs noun A financial accounting, listing all assets and debts, that is used as part of a bankruptcy proceeding.
- steels noun stocks or stock quotations concerning steel-manufacturing companies
- steenth noun Exactly 1/16 (0.0625) of a full price point; it acts as a unit of negotiation to split or compromise on an eighth difference between bid…
- sticky adj Tending to stay the same; resistant to change.
- stiff noun Negotiable instruments, possibly forged.
- stiver noun A small Dutch coin worth one twentieth of a guilder.
- stock noun The capital raised by a company through the issue of shares; the total of shares held by an individual shareholder.
- stock account noun An account on a merchant's ledger, one side of which shows the original capital, or stock, and the additions thereto by accumulation or…
- stock bubble noun A type of economic bubble occurring in stock markets when market participants drive stock prices above their value in relation to some…
- stock company noun an incorporated company the capital of which is represented by marketable shares having a certain equal par value
- stock loan noun A loan structure using free-trading stock or in some cases restricted stock as collateral.
- stock picker noun Alternative spelling of stockpicker.
- stock split noun An event wherein a company that has previously issued shares of stock increases the number of shares while reducing the value of each share…
- stockbroker noun A person who buys and sells shares (stock) on a stock exchange on behalf of clients. May also provide investment advice and/or company…
- stockholder noun One who owns stock.
- stockjobber noun A stock exchange worker who deals only with brokers.
- stocklike adj Resembling a stock (capital raised through shares) or stocks, or some aspect of stock trading.
- stockowner noun One who owns stock; a shareholder.
- stockowning adj That owns stock; shareholding.
- stonk noun A stock, especially a bullish one.
- stop verb To delay the purchase or sale of (a stock) while agreeing the price for later.
- stop loss order noun A conditional order placed with a stockbroker (or similar) to close one's position if the market drops (or rises in some cases) to a…
- stop-loss noun A stop loss order.
- stopper noun In the commodity futures market, someone who is long (owns) a futures contract and is demanding delivery because they want to take…
- straddle noun An investment strategy involving simultaneous trade with put and call options on the same security at the same strike price, giving a…
- strangle noun A trading strategy using options, constructed through taking equal positions in a put and a call with different strike prices, such that…
- strap noun An investment strategy involving simultaneous trade with one put and two call options on the same security at the same strike price…
- strap strategy noun A bullish options strategy that is established by buying a two calls and one put option with the same exercise price. The trader is betting…
- street noun Ellipsis of Wall Street.
- stress test noun A test of an organization's ability to meet its financial obligations in adverse financial circumstances.
- strike noun In an option contract, the price at which the holder buys or sells if they choose to exercise the option.
- strike a balance verb To bring out the relative state of a debtor and creditor account.
- strike price noun The price, fixed at the date of the initial transaction, at which an option can be exercised (the price at which an asset may be bought for…
- strip noun An investment strategy involving simultaneous trade with one call and two put options on the same security at the same strike price…
- strip strategy noun A bearish options strategy that is established by buying a two puts and one call option with the same exercise price. The trader is betting…
- structuring noun Synonym of smurfing (“money-laundering technique”).
- stubless adj Into which no deposit has ever been made.
- stuffing noun A tax loophole whereby a corporation acquires property that will result in a loss of revenue, purely in order to reduce its tax liability.
- subhedging adj Describing the greatest price that can be paid for a portfolio such that its worth will be less or equal at a specified future time
- subledger noun A subsidiary ledger dealing with a specific subsection of the general ledger, such as property and equipment costs.
- subordinate verb To make of lower priority in order of payment in bankruptcy.
- subpar adj Trading at a price below face value.
- subscribe verb To agree to buy shares in a company.
- sunspot noun A random shock in the foreign exchange currency market.
- super-compound interest noun Two-tier compound interest in which there is a higher interest rate on the accumulated unpaid interest than on the principal.
- superbond noun A financial instrument that consolidates multiple debts into a single bond.
- superfund noun An investment vehicle for superannuation assets.
- superhedging adj Describing the smallest price that can be paid for a portfolio such that its worth will be greater or equal at a specified future time.
- supersenior noun Having high-quality financial paper with very low risk exposure.
- surgery noun A pre-packaged bankruptcy or "quick bankruptcy".
- surplus budget noun A budget in which estimated or actual revenues exceed planned or actual expenditures over a given period.
- surplusage noun A greater disbursement than the charge of the accountant amounts to.
- suspense account noun An account in which receipts or disbursements are temporarily entered until their proper position in the books is determined.
- susu noun An informal money pooling scheme practised in Africa, the Caribbean, and some immigrant communities.
- swap noun A financial derivative in which two parties agree to exchange one stream of non-normal cashflow against another stream.
- swaption noun An instrument granting the owner an option to enter an interest rate swap.
- SWF noun Initialism of sovereign wealth fund.
- swing credit noun In international trade agreements, an allowance of credit covering the situation where the trade in one direction is less than in the…
- swing trading noun An approach to trading the exchanges or outperforming one's longterm portfolio that exploits volatility-driven price disparities of an…
- systematic risk noun The risk associated with an asset that is correlated with the risk of asset markets generally, often measured as its beta.
- TACO trade noun A pattern observed on Wall Street where investors anticipate market rebounds after Donald Trump threatens new tariffs, but later backs down…
- tail risk noun The probability that the value of something will fall more than three standard deviations (-3σ) below the mean; an extreme risk.
- tailgate verb To privately purchase or sell a security immediately after trading in the same security for a client.
- tailgating noun Synonym of front running.
- taint verb To invalidate (a share capital account) by transferring profits into it.
- take out the stops verb To carry out the supposed practice whereby locals (floor traders trading for their own account) buy or sell to push prices towards where…
- tally trade noun The selling of goods on account, regular payments being recorded in a book kept by the customer and a duplicate (the "tally") kept in the…
- talon noun A document that could be detached and presented in exchange for a block of further coupons on a bond, when the original block had been used…
- tap noun A situation where a borrowing government authority issues bonds over a period of time, usually at a fixed price, with volumes sold on a…
- tape noun The series of prices at which a financial instrument trades.
- taper verb To tighten monetary policy.
- tau noun A measurement of the sensitivity of the value of an option to changes in the implied volatility of the price of the underlying asset.
- tax abatement noun An incentive issued by a government which will reduce or eliminate taxes on real estate in a specific area.
- tax farming noun The collection of taxes by a private person, authorized by the state in exchange for a cash payment.
- tax lot noun A grouping of security holdings in an account used for enabling the calculation and treatment of the securities for tax compliance and…
- tax return noun A declaration of income etc. for tax purposes: a report of income, deductions, contributions, and related financial information filed by a…