Financial Terms Dictionary

Do you know the difference between a balance sheet and an income statement? Or equity and revenues? Many people are confused about financial terms.

This dictionary of over 200 financial terms will teach you all the important financial definitions.


Financial Terms Dictionary


Financial Terms “1 2 3”

10-K

10-Q

12b-1 fee

1040 Form

1099 Form

3 fund portfolio

401(k) plan

403(b) plan

501(c)(3) organization

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Financial Terms “A”

Accounting

Accounting equation

Accrual basis accounting

Amortization

Amortize

Annuity

Appreciation

Asset

Asset allocation

Asset class

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Financial Terms “B”

Bad debt

Balance sheet

Bear

Bitcoin

Blockchain

Board of directors

Board of trustees

Breakeven analysis

Breakeven point

Bull

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Financial Terms “C”

CAGR

Cash flow statement

Cash basis accounting

Cash ratio

Command key

Compound annual growth rate (CAGR)

Compound interest

Cryptocurrency

Current ratio

Custodial account

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Financial Terms “D”

DBA

Debits and credits

Depreciation

Discount rate

Dividends

DJIA

Double entry accounting

Doubtful account

Dow

Dow Jones Industrial Average

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Financial Terms “E”

Earnings

Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT)

Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA)

Earnings before taxes (EBT)

Earnings per share (EPS)

EBIT

EBITDA

EBT

Equity

EPS

Excel

Expense

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Financial Terms “F”

FASB

FDIC

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

FIFO

Finance

Financial accounting

Financial Accounting Standards Board

Financial Independence, Retire Early

Financial Industry Regulatory Authority

Financial literacy

Financial ratios

Financial statement

Financial statement analysis

FINRA

FIRE

First in, first out

Fraud

Fraud triangle

Future value

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Financial Terms “G”

GAAP

Generally accepted accounting principles

Gross profit

Gross profit margin

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Financial Terms “H”

HLOOKUP

Horizontal analysis

Hurdle rate

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Financial Terms “I”

IASB

IFRS

Income statement

Index fund

Interest rate

International Accounting Standards Board

International Financial Reporting Standards

Inventory turnover

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Financial Terms “J”

Journal

Journal entry

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Financial Terms “K”

Kaizen

Key performance indicators

Kiting

KPI

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Financial Terms “L”

Last in, first out

Liability

LIFO

Liquidity

Liquidity ratios

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Financial Terms “M”

Managerial accounting

Marketable security

Market cap

Master of Business Administration

MBA

Microsoft Excel

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Financial Terms “N”

Nasdaq

Nasdaq composite

New York Stock Exchange

Net income

Net loss

Net working capital

Net worth

NYSE

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Financial Terms “O”

Operating expense

Operating income

Operating loss

Operating profit

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Financial Terms “P”

Plant assets

Present value

Price-earnings ratio

Profit and loss statement

Profit margin

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Financial Terms “Q”

Quarterly report

Quick ratio

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Financial Terms “R”

R2

Ratio analysis

Return on assets (ROA)

Return on equity (ROE)

Return on investment (ROI)

Return on sales (ROS)

Revenue

ROA

ROE

ROI

ROS

R-squared

Rule of 72

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Financial Terms “S”

S&P 500

S&P 500 index fund

SEC

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Simple interest

Sole proprietor

Statement of cash flows

SWOT analysis

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Financial Terms “T”

T-account

Temporary account

Time value of money

Trial balance

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Financial Terms “U”

Uncollectible account

Unearned revenue

Useful life


Financial Terms “V”

Vertical analysis

VLOOKUP


Financial Terms “W”

W-2 form

Windows key

Working capital

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Financial Terms “X Y Z”

XLOOKUP

Yield

Yield to maturity

Zero-coupon bond

Zero-sum game

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Jeff Mankin

Jeff Mankin teaches financial literacy. His website is FinallyLearn.com.

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