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A Dictionary Of Accounting And Auditing.


A Dictionary Of Accounting And Auditing

Guy Lynn

Xlibris Corporation

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A Dictionary Of Accounting And Auditing: 10,000 + Accounting And Auditing Terms Currently Used In The USA, UK, Canada, And Australia by Guy Lynn is a comprehensive, 423-page reference dictionary of financially oriented terms, words, phrases, acronyms, and more. Providing detailed descriptions for each alphabetically listed entry, A Dictionary Of Accounting And Auditing contains more than ten thousand such words and phrases as liquidation, deleverage
Deleverage
The reduction of financial instruments or borrowed capital previously used to increase the potential return of an investment. It is the opposite of leverage.

Notes:
Increasing leverage increases a firm's risk, therefore, deleveraging attempts to lower risk.

When a firm deleverages its balance sheet, that's a sign of slowing growth.
See also: Leverage, Leveraged Buyout
, reasonable benefit limit. A core edition to professional, academic, and community library reference collections, A Dictionary Of Accounting And Auditing is very strongly recommended for students and practitioners in the fields of auditing, accounting, banking, as well as both corporate and governmental fiscal policy
Fiscal Policy
Government spending policies that influence macroeconomic conditions. These policies affect tax rates, interest rates, and government spending, in an effort to control the economy.

Notes:
Since the 1980s, most Western Countries have held a "tight" policy, limiting public expenditure.
See also: Income Tax, Interest Rates, Monetary Policy, Reflation
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