What is a 'unicorn'? Definition & meaning

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Accounting standards

The rules a company follows when preparing financial statements.

Withholding Tax

A tax deduction made at the source of the payment.

Quick ratio

Learn what quick ratio stands for in financial terms and how to calculate it.

Ponzi Scheme

A form of fraud designed to lure new investors, and pays the earlier backers by using the new investors' money.

Zero coupon bonds

What is a zero coupon bond?

Time Value of Money

The concept that money you have now is more valuable than the same sum in the future.

Interest Rate

The amount a lender charges for lending your money, or a borrower pays you for borrowing your money.

Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS)

A set of standards which investors use to present their investment results.

DMO

The United Kingdom Debt Management Office. It’s an executive agency responsible for managing the government’s debt and cash needs, primarily through issuing gilts and Treasury bills.

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