When intrafirm information is exchanged such as employment terms, policies, benefits and operation manuals.

Property used for the production of income, such as an office, or using your car for non-commuting business purposes.

A man who works in business or commerce, esp. at an executive level or a person with a specified level of skill in financial matters.

In old English law . The barons of a county.

A term used in the old English law, to designate a large and clumsily constructed ship.

A TAKEOVER or LEVERAGED BUYOUT where a portion of the target company

ACONVERTIBLE BOND that stands little or no chance of being converted into the issuer

In English law . A law for the heir to punish waste in the life of the ancestor. “Though it be on record iu the parliament book of Edward I., […]

A privilege formerly allowed to the king’s butler, to take a certain part of every cask of wine imported by an alien.

A measure of liquid capacity, equal to one hundred and eight gallons; also a measure of land.

The bounding lines of land at the end; abuttals, which see.

A phrase sometimes used in conveyancing , to introduce the boundaries of lands. See BUTTS AND BOUNDS .

A three-legged option spread in which each leg has the same expiration date but different strike prices. For example, a butterfly spread in soybean call options might consist of one […]

A graphical advertisment, smaller than a banner ad, typically measuring 120 x 90 pixels.

The Buttonwood Agreement , which took place on May 17, 1792, started the New York Stock & Exchange Board (now called the New York Stock Exchange , NYSE). This agreement […]

In old English law . Short pieces of land left unplowed at the ends of fields, where the plow was turned about, (otherwise called “headlands,”) as sidelings were similar unplowed […]

A phrase used in conveyancing , to describe the end lines or circumscribing lines of a certain piece of land. The phrase ” metes and bounds ” has the same […]

A local term in the north of England, for the associate or deputy of another ; also of things used in common.

To acquire the ownership of property by giving an accepted price or consideration therefor; or by agreeing to do so ; to acquire by the payment of a price or […]

The Buy American Act (BAA – ) passed in 1933 by Congress and signed by President Roosevelt, required the United States government to prefer U.S.-made products in its purchases.

Buy and hold is a long term investment strategy based on the view that in the long run financial markets give a good rate of return despite periods of volatility […]

Both partnerships and director/ shareholder controlled companies need agreements to help ensure a satisfactory disposal of shares in certain circumstances . The ‘buy and sell’ route is one such, where […]

Strategy requiring the simultaneous purchase of underlying securities and the writing of call options over those securities representing the same number of those securities.

A contract between a purchaser and vendor in which the vendor agrees to repurchase the property from the purchaser if a certain event occurs within a specified period of time. […]

To purchase, at public sale, property which is one’s own or which one has caused or procured to be sold.