Core word list for Unit 8_Finance_ Intelligent Business

a bid
a decline
a decrease
a dip
a listed company
a peak
a public limited company (Plc.)
a quoted company
a record high of…
acquisition
actual
allegation
an increase
auditor
authorised
authority
balance sheet
bankrupt
bankruptcy
bonds
budget
business operation
commission
controller
corporate

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corporate governance
costs
credit
credit rating
debit
debt
discount
dividend
due diligence report
dull
equity/ equities
exaggeration
expenditure
expense account
expenses
expenses claim form
financial reporting
financial year
fixed assets
floatation/ flotation
forecast
foreign operation
former
fraud
gains
giant

2
government bonds
gross
income
income statement
insider trading
insolvent
interest
interest rate
investigation
investor
IPO (initial public offering)
irregularity/ irregularities
liability
liable for…
loss
market value
mismanagement
net
operation
ordinary shares
outgoings
overall performance
overheads
overwhelming
P & L Account (Profit and Loss Account)
powerhouse

3
preference shares
profit
projection
prospectus
quarter
rebate payment
rebates
receivable
regulation
regulator
resignation
retail
retailer
retained
retained profit/ earning etc.
sales revenue
sales target
scandal
SEC Securities and Exchange Commission
securities
share price
share value
shareholder
spending
statement of earnings
statement of financial position

4
stock
stock exchange
stock market
stockholder
subsidiary
supplier
surplus
the bottom line
to absolve
to acquire a company
to audit
to be in debt
to be listed on….stock exchange
to be quoted on…
to be under investigation
to be worth
to bid
to buy in bulk
to conceal the truth
to control
to deal with sg.
to declare
to decline
to dip
to earn an interest on sg.
to exaggerate

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to exceed
to forecast
to gain
to get rid of sg.
to go bankrupt
to go into liquidation
to go public
to have an impact on sg.
to impact
to increase by…/ from…to
to invest in sg.
to make a profit/ loss
to mismanage
to nosedive
to overstate profits/ earnings
to plummet
to plunge
to project
to reach a peak
to receive
to regulate
to resign
to retain
to skyrocket
to slide
to soar

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to stabilise
to supply
to underwrite a stock issue
turnover
upturn
wholesale
wholesaler