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Shrinkage
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ShrinkageDiscrepancy between a firm's actual inventory and its recorded inventory due to theft, deterioration, loss, or clerical problems.
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Discrepancy
Any deviation from the conditions stipulated in a letters of credit. Discrepancies void letter of credit protection.
Inventory
An amount of goods stored ready for sale; in accounting, the value of raw materials, work in progress and finished but unsold products.
Loss
The opposite of gain.
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Short-term tax exempts
Short-term securities issued by states, municipalities, and quesi-government entities such as local housing and urban renewal agencies.
Short-term trend
Erratic price movements that last less than three weeks.
Show and tell list
Used in the context of general equities. Block list which is full of real customer indications (rather than profile).
Show me buyer-seller
Used in the context of general equities. Customer who has not placed a firm order to buy stock but has requested that the salesperson propose available stock for sale or purchase, along with the asking-bid price.
Show stopper
A legal barrier, such as a scorched-earth policy or shark repellant system, that firms use to prevent a takeover.
Shrinkage
Shut out the book
Used for listed equity securities. Exclude a public bid or offer from participation in a print.
Side by side trading
Trading a security and an option on the same security on the same exchange.
Side effects
Effects of a proposed project on other parts of the firm.
Sidelines
Hypothetical position referring to noninvolvement in a stock; merely watching.
Sight draft
Demand for immediate payment.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Discrepancy
Any deviation from the conditions stipulated in a letters of credit. Discrepancies void letter of credit protection.
Inventory
An amount of goods stored ready for sale; in accounting, the value of raw materials, work in progress and finished but unsold products.
Loss
The opposite of gain.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Short-term tax exempts
Short-term securities issued by states, municipalities, and quesi-government entities such as local housing and urban renewal agencies.
Short-term trend
Erratic price movements that last less than three weeks.
Show and tell list
Used in the context of general equities. Block list which is full of real customer indications (rather than profile).
Show me buyer-seller
Used in the context of general equities. Customer who has not placed a firm order to buy stock but has requested that the salesperson propose available stock for sale or purchase, along with the asking-bid price.
Show stopper
A legal barrier, such as a scorched-earth policy or shark repellant system, that firms use to prevent a takeover.
Shrinkage
Shut out the book
Used for listed equity securities. Exclude a public bid or offer from participation in a print.
Side by side trading
Trading a security and an option on the same security on the same exchange.
Side effects
Effects of a proposed project on other parts of the firm.
Sidelines
Hypothetical position referring to noninvolvement in a stock; merely watching.
Sight draft
Demand for immediate payment.
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