COST REDUCTION Definition

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COST REDUCTION is actions taken in the present designed to decrease costs in the present. See COST AVOIDANCE.

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MARKET TO BOOK VALUE is calculated by dividing the market value (MV) of a company, i.e., the total value of all its outstanding shares, by the value of its tangible assets (TA). Also known as TOBIN RATIO = MV/TA.

BEARER BOND is a fixed income security that does not have the owner's name registered on it. This type of instrument is now generally available only with maturities of one year or less because of changes in federal law.

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