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BizTerms for the Letter A
Accrual Accounting, Accrual Basis Accounting, Accrual Method When revenues are earned and expenses incurred
Agent Someone legally acting on behalf of another
Annual Meeting of Shareholders Meeting where shareholders vote on corporate maters
Apostille, International Apostille Certification of document for a foreign country
Articles of Incorporation, Certificate of Incorporation, Charter The basic constitution of a corporation
Articles of Organization Articles required for a LLC
Asset Owned property
Assumed Name The name used to conduct business
Authorized Shares, Authorized Stock, Authorized, Capital Stock The number of shares a corp. can issue.
Assumptions
Accounts Payable
Accounts Receivable
Accounting
Auction
Automated Data Processing
Authentication
Ad View
Actual EPS, CPS or DPS
Ad Clicks
After Hours Best Ask
A & P Mix
A la Carte Agency
A Priori Statement
Abandonment
Abandonment Stage
Abandonment Value
Abate To cancel amount due.
Abatement Reduction or termination of debt or tax.
ABC Analysis
Aberration Significant departure from the norm.
Abeyance Suspension of title to real estate until the correct ownership c
Ability Individual's skill or talent.
Above the Line
Absentee Owner
Absenteeism Frequency of employees failing to show up for work.
Absolute Advantage
Absolute Auction
Absorbed
Absorption Rate
Abstain To purposely not do something.
Abstention Deliberately refraining from an action.
Abstract of Record A condense history of a case taken from court records.
Abstract of Title
Abusive Tax Shelter A tax shelter claiming illegal deductions.
Accelerated Depreciation
Acceleration Clause
Acceleration Request
Accept To receive, agree, or approve.
Acceptable Quality Level
Acceptance Act of accepting an offer to enter into a contract.
Acceptance Sampling
Access Time Time a computer takes to access data.
Accession
Accommodation Paper
Accommodation Party
Alien Affiliate A person or Company from outside the US
At Will Your Choice
Additional Company Seal, Seal, Company Seal
Attorney-In-Fact Agent of the principal
Adjusted Earnings Same as Pro Forma Earnings
Asset Impairments
Aggregate Par Value Par value times number of shares
Arizona Company Requirements
Active Desktop Web contact which receives updating from internet
Arm's Length, Arm's Length Transaction
Alter Ego Liability
After Formation
Aggregate Corporation
attorned, attorning, attorns
Address Mask
ANSI
API
AppleTalk
Application Sharing
Asynchronous
Analog
Analog-to-Digital Conversion (ADC)
ATM
Audio
Audio Bridge
Autonomous System
Absolute Liability
Accident
Accident and Health Insurance
Accident Insurance
Accidental Bodily Injury
Accidental Death Benefit
Accounting
Accumulation period
Accumulation units
Acquisition Costs
Activities of Daily Living
Actual Cash Value (ACV)
Actuarial Cost Method
Actuarial Equivalent
Actuarially Fair
Actuary
Additional insured
Adhesion, Contract of
Adjustable Life Insurance
Adjusted gross estate
Adjuster
Adjusting
Adjustment Bureau
Administrative Services Only (AS0) Plan
Advance Funding
Advance Premium Mutual
Adverse Selection
Age Limits
Agent
Aggregate Deductible:
Aggregate Indemnity
AIDS
Alien Insurer
Allied Lines
Allocated Benefits
All-risks Policy
Alternate Delivery Systems
Ambulatory Care
Amendment
Amortization
Annual Statement
Annuitan
Annuity
Annuity Certain
Annuity Consideration
Antiselection
Application
Arson
Assessment Association
Assessment Mutual
Assets
Assignment
Association Captive
Association Group
Association Group Plan
Assumption of Risk Doctrine
Assumptions
Assurance Insurance
Attractive Nuisance
Automatic Premium Loan
Automatic Reinsurance
Automobile Insurance Plan
Automobile Liability Insurance
Automobile Physical Damage Insurance
Automobile Reinsurance Facility
Automobile Shared Market
Aviation Insurance
Average Indexed Monthly Earnings (AIME)
Avoidance
ab initio
AB trust
abandonment (of a Service Mark)
abatement
abstract of title
abstract of trust
accessory
accompanying relative
accomplice
accord and satisfaction
accumulation trust
acknowledgment
acquittal
act of God
act of nature
action
actual damages
actus reus
ADA
ADEA
ademption
adjustable rate mortgage (ARM)
administration (of an estate)
administrator
administrator ad litem
administrator ad prosequendum
administrator cum testamento annexo
administrator de bonis non (DBN)
administrator pendente lite
administrator with will annexed
administratrix
admissible evidence
admission
adopt
ADR
advance directive
adverse possession
affiant
affirmative action
affirmative defense
Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)
age of majority
aggravate
aggravating circumstances
agreement
alien registration receipt card (ARC)
allegation
Allen charge
alternate beneficiary
alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)
amicus
amicus curiae
Ancillary Probate
Animal Exemption
annual meeting
answer
Anticipation
Appeal
Appellant
Appellate court
Appellee
Appliance Exemption
Appraisal
appraiser
Appreciation
arbitration
arbitrator
Argument
ARM
Arms & Accouterments Exemption
Arraignment
arrearages
articles of incorporation
assessment benefits
Assignee
Assignment (of copyright)
Association
Asylum
at issue memorandum
at will employment
Attestation
attorney fees
Attorney General
attorney work product privilege
attorney-client privilege
attorney-in-fact
Audit
Augmented Estate
Authenticate
Author
Avails
Avowal
agent - Legal
annuity - Legal
Assignment - Legal
attractive nuisance - Legal
a fortiori
a priori
ad hoc
ad hominem
ad infinitum
ad lib.
ad libitum
ad valorem
ARPA
ARPAnet
AUP
Accounting period
Accounts payable
Accounts receivable
Accrual accounting
ADSL
Aftermarket
Aftermarket Orders
Aftermarket Performance
Allocation Allocation Allocation T
Alpha
Alpha Equation
American Depositary Receipts
American-Style Option
An advance/decline market indicator
Analyst
AND (Advanced Digital Network)
Annual Report
Anonymous FTP
Applet
Arbitrage
Archie
ARMS Index
At The Money
Autoregressive
Average
Average maturity
Audit - General Business
Assignment - Trading
Adjudication
Administrative law
Affidavit
Affirmative action program
Arguendo
Assumption of the risk
Account
Account Debtor
Account of Sales
Accountability
Accountant's Letter
Accountant's Opinion
Accounting Change
Accounting Cycle
Accounting Equation
Accounting Error
Accounting Method
Accounting Procedure
Accounting Records
Accounts Receivable Aging
Accounts Receivable Factoring
Accounts Receivable Financing
Accounts Receivable Turnover
Accredited Investor
Accretion
Accrue
Accrued Asset
Accrued Expenses
Accrued Income
Accrued Interest
Achiever
Acid Test
Acid Test Ratio
Acknowledgement
Acquisition Cost
Action Plan
Actionable
Active Income
Active Market
Active Money
Active Partner
Actual Cash Value
Actual Cost
Ad Agency
Ad Appropriation
Ad Response
Adapt
Added Value
Additional Collateral
Additional Mark On
Add-On Interest
Add-On Service
Adequate Protection
Adhesion Contract
Adjustable Mortgage Loan
Adjustable Rate
Adjustable Rate Mortgage
Adjusted Book Value
Adjusted Gross Income
Adjusted Tax Basis
Adjusting Entry
Adjustment Bureaus
Administer
Administration Costs
Administrative Expense
Administrative Systems
Admitted Carrier
Adoption
Adult
Advance
Advance Against Documents
Advance Factoring
Advance Rate
Advance Rental
Advantage
Adventure Capitalist
Adversarial
Adversary
Adverse Action
Adverse Effects
Adverse Opinion
Advertising Agency
Advertising Allowances
Advertising Campaign
Advertising Mediums
Advertising Sales Ratio
Advertorial
Advising Bank
Advisory Capacity
Advocate
Aesthetic Value
Affiliated
Affiliated Chains
Affiliated Companies
Affiliated Wholesaler
Affluent
After-Acquired Collateral
After-Sales Service
Agency
Agglomeration
Aggregate
Aggregate Corporation
Aggregate Income
Agile Manufacturing
Aging
Agreement Among Underwriters
Agribusiness
AIDA
Air Waybill
Airedale
Alert
Alien Corporation
All Hands Meeting
All Nighter
All or None
Allonge
Allowance for Depreciation
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
Allowances
Alongside
Alpha Test
Alternate Demand
Amalgamation
Amass
Amend
Amenities
Amenity Value
American Plan
American Stock Exchange
American Terms
Amortize
Analysis Paralysis
Anchor Product
Anchor Tenant
Ancillary
Angel
Annexation
Annual
Annual Debt Service
Annual Percentage Rate
Annual Wage
Antedate
Antedated Check
Antidilution Provisions
Antitrust Laws
Applications Programs
Applied Economics
Applied Overhead
Applied Research
Appraisal Fee
Appraised Value
Appreciate
Appropriated Expenditure
Appropriation
Aptitude
Aquaculture
Arbitrage Loan
Architecture
Archive
Arm's-Length Transaction
Arrearage
Arrears
Articles of Association
As Is
Asian Dollars
Asked Price
Asking Price
Assembly Plant
Assess
Assessed Value
Assessment
Assessment Roll
Asset Conversion Loan
Asset Coverage
Asset Management
Asset-Based Lending
Assignability
Assignor
Assimilate
Assume
At Par
At Sight
At Will
Attach
Attachment
Attest
Attitude
Attorney in Fact
Attrition
Auction Market
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Audit Trail
Automated Clearing House
Automatic Deposit
Automatic Merchandising
Automatic Stabilizers
Automatic Stay
Automation
Availability
Available Assets
Available Balances
Average Collection Period
Average Daily Balance
Average Inventory
Averages
Averaging
Award
Awareness
Ax
A3 display
ABA
ABC
ABI
ABL
Ablation
Absolute rate
AC
ACA
Accents
Acceptance bank
Acceptance test
Access operation
Access Slot
Access Time
Accommodation
Account audit trail
Account balance
Account blocking
Account compensation group
Account deactivation
Account fee condition
Account for payment
Account identification
Account identification (2)
Account identification length
Account information
Account model
Account movement
Account number
Account number extended
Account officer
Account owner bank
Account position
Account reactivation
Account servicing bank
Account servicing bank's reference
Account status
Account type
Account type (2)
Account with bank
Account(s) for charges
Accrual
Accrual date
Accrued fee
Accumulator
ACE Group
ACH
ACL Services Ltd.
Acoustic Coupled Modem
Acquirer
Acquirer country code
Acquirer Identification code
Acquirer institution country code
Acquiring institution identification code
Acronym
ACT
ACT Financial Systems
ACT Kindle Software Solutions
Action date
Activation
Actuals
AD&D
ADB
Additional amounts
Additional costs
Additional costs paying party
Additional data
Additional data - National
Additional data - Private
Additional data (2)
Additional data, length
Additional instructions
Additional response data
Additional verification value
Address
Address code
ADF
Administrative procedure
Administrative services
Administrative unit
Adobe
ADP
Advice
Advice of execution
Advice of income in the form of securities
Advice of money Income
Advice of receipt/delivery of securities
Advice of redemption
Advice of securities proceeds
Advise
Advising bank's notification
Advising bank's responsibility
Advising instruction
AE
AED
AFA
AFB
Affiliates
Afghanistan
AFPAD
AG
AGM
AI
AIB
AIBD
AIIM
AIM
AIREA
AIX
ALADI
Albania
Algeria
Algorithm
ALL
Alligator Spread
All-in cost
Allotment
Allowance
Alphabetic
Alphanumeric
ALTA
Alternative card sequence number
ALU
AM
Amendment date
Amendment statement
American Samoa
American Stock Exchanges
American Virgin Islands
AMEX
Amount
Amount authorized per cycle period
Amount claimed
Amount details
Amount of credits
Amount of debits
Amount of interest
Amount of reversal credits
Amount of reversal debits
Amount remaining this cycle
Amount transaction processing fee
Amount, cardholder billing
Amount, cardholder billing fee
Amount, net settlement
Amount, settlement
Amount, settlement fee
Amount, Settlement, Processing Fee
Amount, transaction