GADFLY Definition

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GADFLY slang for a securityholder who owns stock in various companies, attends annual meetings only to ask senior management hard and often embarrassing questions.

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CREDIT RECORD (CR) is an entry in a double-entry bookkeeping system recording an increase in a liability; an owners equity item or revenue; or a decrease in an asset or an expense. Credit entries are conventionally made on the right-hand side of T accounts.

SALE AND LEASEBACK is a financial transaction, where one sells an asset and leases it back for the long-term. 

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