The second letter of the English alphabet : is used to denote the second of a series of pages, notes, etc.; the subsequent letters, the third and following numbers.

An abbreviation for “before Christ.” “bail court,” “bankruptcy cases,” and ” British Columbia .”

A channel for second quality goods to be sold. Some of the goods were simply returned.

An abbreviation for “Baron of the Court of Exchequer .”

An abbreviation for ‘bonum factum, a good or proper act, deed, or decree; signifies “approved.”

Manufacturers of tiows and shafts. An ancient company of the city of London.

An abbreviation for Bancus Regis , ( King’s Bench ,) or Bancus Regince, ( Queen’s Bench .) It is frequently found in the old books as a designation of that […]

Bancus Superior , that is, upper bench.

plea of infancy, interposed for the purpose of defeating an action upon a contract made while the person was a minor, is vulgarly called “pleading the baby act.” By extension, […]

A BOND with a small FACE VALUE denomination (e.g., $1000) that is targeted specifically at retail investors.

The idea that spending peaks at age 50. This will occur between 2008 and 2012. These are the years that baby boomers will become 50.

A person born between 1945 and the late 1960s. This was big population growth period. These people had different spending needs.

When college funds are put away in a zerocoupon bond.

In old records. Commonalty or yeomanry, in contradistinction to baronage.

The holder of the first or lowest degree conferred by a college or university, e. g., a bachelor of arts, bachelor of law , etc. A kind of inferior knight; […]

the degree that is conferred upon graduation from a college of law and is abbreviated to L.L.B.

A degree a student gets after at least 3 years of schooling. It is commonly gotten in computers, engineering , and business.

A degree a student gets after 8 semesters or 120 credit hours. It is undergraduate work and can be in any major. There are bachelors of science, art, and fine […]

This term is applied to back taxes and unpaid taxes that comes from assessments made in earlier years.

When an organization has an informal informational channel. It sometimes is faster than formal communication .

When a bill is made to collect on debt from another period. This is due to error or an eligible collection. It is best to avoid this.

The date on a document that is retroactive . AKA ante date. It is the opposite of post date.

A process where the BANK OF ENGLAND attempts to influence UK money supply indirectly by dealing in TREASURY BILLS through its own account, at market rates. See also FRONT DOOR.

A process where an unlisted or private company gains a stock EXCHANGE listing through a MERGER or ACQUISITION with a company that is already listed.

To sell without allowing a competitive bid . AKA backflush accounting.