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E as the fifth letter of a...Read More
E&O INSURANCE is an errors and omissions,...Read More
E&OE is a British acronym that stands...Read More
E&P is Earnings and Profits.
E.C. (EUROPEAN COMMUNITY or EUROPEAN COMMON MARKET)...Read More
EA is Enrolled Agent (IRS designation).
EARN-OUT refers to an additional payment in...Read More
EARNED INCOME is that income realized by...Read More
EARNED SURPLUS see RETAINED EARNINGS.
EARNING ASSET is an asset which provides...Read More
EARNING CAPACITY is the net average earnings...Read More
EARNING CAPACITY, LOSS OF 'Loss of earning...Read More
EARNING POWER is earnings before interest and...Read More
EARNING QUALITY is best determined through the...Read More
EARNINGS is a term that refers to...Read More
EARNINGS BEFORE TAXES see PROFIT BEFORE TAXES.
EARNINGS FROM OPERATIONS (EFO) represent earnings before...Read More
EARNINGS MANAGEMENT occurs when managers use judgment...Read More
EARNINGS PER SHARE (EPS) is either: a....Read More
EARNINGS RETENTION is the proportion of net...Read More
EATING STOCK is when an underwriter can't...Read More
EBIAT is Earnings Before Interest After Taxes....Read More
EBIDA is Earnings Before Interest, Depreciation And...Read More
EBIT is Earnings Before Interest and Tax....Read More
EBITDA means Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation...Read More
EBITDARM is an acronym for Earnings Before...Read More
ECONOMETRICS literally means economic measurement. It is...Read More
ECONOMIC and MONETARY UNION (EMU) is the...Read More
ECONOMIC BOOK VALUE (EBV) allows for a...Read More
ECONOMIC DEPRECIATION is the decline in real...Read More
ECONOMIC ENTITY accounting concept that provides context...Read More
ECONOMIC EVENT is the transfer of control...Read More
ECONOMIC EXPOSURE, in foreign exchange, is the...Read More
ECONOMIC INCOME is the maximum amount that...Read More
ECONOMIC LIFE is the time period over...Read More
ECONOMIC ORDER QUANTITY is the order quantity...Read More
ECONOMIC PROFITS is the difference between the...Read More
ECONOMIC RESOURCES is the profitable extraction or...Read More
ECONOMIC SUBSTANCE refers to the application of...Read More
ECONOMIC VALUE (EV) is the value of...Read More
ECONOMIC VALUE ADDED (EVA) measures the difference...Read More
ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE means that the benefit of...Read More
ECONOMIES OF SCALE is based upon the...Read More
EDGAR is Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and...Read More
EDI see Electronic Data Interchange.
EDIT CHECKS are reasonableness, validity, limit, and...Read More
EDP see Electronic Data Processing.
EEO is Equal Employment Opportunity or Equal...Read More
EF&L is Errors, Fines and Losses. ...Read More
EFFECTIVE DATE OF INTEREST is the market...Read More
EFFECTIVE INTEREST RATE is the cost of...Read More
EFFECTIVE INTERNAL CONTROL is reasonable assurance that...Read More
EFFECTIVE MATURITY is the date used in place...Read More
EFFECTIVE TAX RATE is the net rate...Read More
EFFECTIVENESS is producing a desired outcome. An...Read More
EFFICIENCY is the ratio of the output...Read More
EFFICIENT MARKET THEORY is the hypothesis that...Read More
EFFORT-EXPENDED METHOD measures the percentage of labor...Read More
EFO see EARNINGS FROM OPERATIONS.
EFT see ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER.
EFTS is Electronic Fund Transfer System.
EI&DO is Extraordinary Items and Discontinued Operations....Read More
EITF see EMERGING ISSUES TASK FORCE.
EKUELE is a currency of Equatorial Guinea.
ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE (EDI) is the use...Read More
ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING (EDP) is the processing of...Read More
ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER is a payment executed...Read More
ELIGIBLE is a security for which one...Read More
ELIMINATION is the the act of removing...Read More
EMALANGENI is a currency of Swaziland.
EMBEZZLEMENT is the fraudulent appropriation and personal...Read More
EMC (EXPORT MANAGEMENT COMPANY) is a private...Read More
EMERGING ISSUES TASK FORCE (EITF) was formed...Read More
EMI is Equal Monthly Installments (finance/business).
EMPLOYED, generally, is having your services engaged...Read More
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS is non-wage compensation provided to...Read More
EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION is wage and salary payments...Read More
EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN (ESOP) is an...Read More
EMU see Economic and Monetary Union.
ENCRYPTION is the scrambling of data so...Read More
ENCUMBERED is when an asset is owned...Read More
ENCUMBRANCE is a) a right or interest...Read More
ENDING INVENTORY is inventory at the end...Read More
ENDORSE, depending upon usage, can be: a....Read More
ENDORSEMENT, dependent upon usage, can be: a....Read More
ENDOWMENT is a permanent fund where gifts...Read More
ENDOWMENT POLICY is a combination of life...Read More
ENGAGEMENT LETTER is a letter that represents...Read More
ENGINEERED COSTS are those costs having a...Read More
ENHANCED DISCLOSURE, in securities, is an in-depth...Read More
ENROLLED AGENT (EA) is any individual who is...Read More
ENTERED see JOURNAL ENTRY.
ENTERPRISE is an organization created for business...Read More
ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING (ERP) is an information...Read More
ENTERPRISE RISK MANAGEMENT (ERM) identifies risks and...Read More
ENTERPRISE VALUE (EV) is a measure of...Read More
ENTERPRISE ZONE is a depressed neighborhood, usually...Read More
ENTITY, in business, is a separate or...Read More
ENTITY ASSUMPTION is the assumption that financial...Read More
ENTITY BOUNDARY is that which is legally...Read More
ENTITY CONCEPT is the concept that financial...Read More
ENTITY THEORY is where a legal entity...Read More
ENTREPRENEUR is the person who assumes the...Read More
ENTRY see JOURNAL ENTRY.
ENVIRONMENT, in an accounting control assessment, is...Read More
EOM is End of Month.
EOQ is Economic Order Quantity.
EOY is End Of Year.
EOZ is Environmental Opportunity Zone or Economic...Read More
EPS see EARNINGS PER SHARE.
EPU see EQUIVALENT UNIT OF PRODUCTION.
EQUILIBRIUM POINT is one of the fundamental...Read More
EQUIPMENT is generally determined by the meeting...Read More
EQUIPMENT LOAN is a loan used for...Read More
 EQUIPMENT TRUST CERTIFICATE is a bond that is secured...Read More
EQUITY is, normally, ownership or percentage of...Read More
EQUITY ACCOUNTING is the practice of showing...Read More
EQUITY CAPITAL is a form of financing...Read More
EQUITY FINANCING is a method of an...Read More
EQUITY FUND is a mutual fund whose...Read More
EQUITY FUNDING see EQUITY CAPITAL.
EQUITY HOLDING is a holding of the...Read More
EQUITY INSTRUMENT covers any share (or part...Read More
EQUITY METHOD is a method of accounting...Read More
EQUITY MULTIPLIER (EM) shows the amount of...Read More
EQUITY NET CASH FLOWS is those cash...Read More
EQUITY OFFERING see EQUITY CAPITAL.
EQUITY RISK PREMIUM is a rate of...Read More
EQUITY SHARE is a. a share or...Read More
EQUITY SHARE CAPITAL is capital raised by...Read More
EQUITY-TO-ASSET RATIO expresses the proportion of total...Read More
EQUIVALENT UNIT OF PRODUCTION (EPU) is based...Read More
ERISA, in the U.S., refers to the...Read More
ERM see Enterprise Risk Management.
ERP can mean either Enterprise Resource Planning...Read More
ERROR is unintentional misstatements or omissions in...Read More
ERROR OF COMISSION is an error that...Read More
ERROR OF OMISSION is an error which...Read More
ERROR OF ORIGINAL ENTRY, in accounting, occurs...Read More
ERROR OF PRINCIPLE, in accounting, occurs when...Read More
ESCHEAT is the reversion of property to...Read More
ESCROW ACCOUNT see TRUST ACCOUNT.
ESCUDO is a currency of Chile, Mozambique, and...Read More
ESOP see Employee Stock Ownership Plan.
ESTATE is the entire group of assets...Read More
ESTATE TAXES are the Federal taxes levied...Read More
ESTIMATION SAMPLING is sampling to estimate the...Read More
ET is Earliest Time.
ETC (EXPORT TRADING COMPANY) is a private...Read More
ETHICAL STANDARDS, in accounting, is a written...Read More
ETHICS, in business, are moral and professional...Read More
EURO is a currency of selected European...Read More
EUROBOND see GLOBAL BOND.
EUROCURRENCY is currency held by banks, corporations...Read More
EUROIZATION is the use of the euro...Read More
EV (economic value) is the value of...Read More
EVA see ECONOMIC VALUE ADDED.
EVENT RISK is the risk that the...Read More
EVIDENCE, in accounting, includes written and electronic information...Read More
EX is not including or without, e.g....Read More
EX-DIVIDEND DATE is the first date a stock...Read More
EX-FACTORY is where a sellers responsibility ends...Read More
EX-WORKS see EX-FACTORY.
EXAMINATION, in an audit, is evaluating the...Read More
EXAMINE is an audit procedure to critically...Read More
EXCEPT FOR is a qualified opinion. An...Read More
EXCEPTIONAL ITEMS are material items which derive...Read More
EXCESS EARNINGS is that amount of anticipated...Read More
EXCESS EARNINGS METHOD is a specific way...Read More
EXCESS OF REVENUE OVER EXPENSES in the...Read More
EXCHANGE is a. a workplace for buying...Read More
EXCHANGE RATE is the rate at which...Read More
EXCHANGE RATE EFFECTS is the effect on...Read More
EXCHANGE RATE MECHANISM (ERM) is the precursor...Read More
EXCHANGE RATE RISK, in foreign exchange, is...Read More
EXCISE TAX is a tax imposed by...Read More
EXECUTE is to carry out an internal...Read More
EXECUTOR is a legal entity, frequently an...Read More
EXEMPT is being freed from or not...Read More
EXEMPTED SECURITY is a security that is exempted...Read More
EXERCISE, in business or law, to make...Read More
EXISTENCE, in accounting, deals with whether assets...Read More
EXISTING USE VALUE (EUV) is the price...Read More
EXIT STRATEGY codifies and gives a business owner...Read More
EXPECTATION GAP, in accounting, is the gap...Read More
EXPECTED ANNUAL CAPACITY is the planned activity...Read More
EXPECTED VALUE OF PERFECT INFORMATION (EVPI) is...Read More
EXPENDABLE is something that can be used...Read More
EXPENDABLE NET ASSETS are those assets not...Read More
EXPENDABLE TRUST FUND is a governmental fiduciary...Read More
EXPENDITURE is a cost incurred in the...Read More
EXPENSE is the amount of assets or...Read More
EXPENSES are the daily costs incurred in...Read More
EXPIRATION DATE is the date on which...Read More
EXPIRED EXPENSE is an expense having come...Read More
EXPLANATORY, in accounting, is a paragraph added...Read More
EXPLICITLY is something fully and clearly expressed,...Read More
EXPLORATORY RESEARCH is a method used when...Read More
EXPORT BROKER is an entity that brings...Read More
EXPORT DECLARATION is the official paperwork required...Read More
EXPORT LICENSE is the governmentally issued legal...Read More
EXPOSURE, generally, is the extent to which...Read More
EXPOSURE DRAFT is a proposed statement of...Read More
EXPROPRIATION is the taking of property or...Read More
EXTEND, in math, means to multiply one...Read More
 EXTENSION is a. In options, the expiration...Read More
EXTENSION RISK, with mortgage-backed securities, is the...Read More
EXTENSION SWAP is selling one security and purchas­ing...Read More
EXTERNAL is from or between other countries,...Read More
EXTERNAL AUDIT is an audit conducted by...Read More
EXTERNAL AUDITOR is an auditor, usually working...Read More
EXTERNAL DEBT is the total private and...Read More
EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT is factors (conditions, trends, and...Read More
EXTERAL REVENUE, if governmental, is money collected...Read More
EXTINGUISHMENT OF DEBT is the debtors satisfaction...Read More
EXTRAORDINARY EXPENSE see EXTRAORDINARY ITEMS.
EXTRAORDINARY ITEMS are material items that are...Read More
EXTRATERRITORIAL INCOME EXCLUSION is the amount excluded...Read More
There are 218 accounting terms that start with 'E'