BUSINESS AND FINANCE II

The Word's The Thing

Dr. Louis D. Appel

Specialized Vocabulary

 

The answers to the clues below will relate to business/finance.

 

1. Financial backer of a play 

2. Current price of a stock or security

3. Progressive decrease in value over time 

4. Take money from a person's salary to settle a debt

5. Word to describe Stock Market when prices are rising

6. Word to describe Stock Market when prices are falling

7. Profit on the sales of stocks or real estate on which taxes must be paid

8. Reduce a debt of loan gradually by installment payments - as in a mortgage

9. Group that seeks monopolistic control of a market - especially of illegal drugs

10. The total market value of all goods and services produced by a nation within a specific period

 

Answers:

 

1. Angel

2. Quote

3. Depreciation 

4. Garnish

5. Bull market

6. Bear market

7. Capital gains

8. Amortize

9. Cartel

10. Gross National Product (GNP)