| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
|---|
| tax levied on the difference between a commodity's price before taxes and its cost of production |
ad valorem tax
,
value-added tax
,
VAT
|
| increase in price or value |
advance
,
rise
|
| hotel price including room, service, and meals |
American plan
|
| increase in price or value |
appreciation
|
| someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential) |
arb
,
arbitrager
,
arbitrageur
|
| kind of hedged investment meant to capture slight differences in price; when there is a difference in the price of something on two different markets the arbitrageur simultaneously buys at the lower price and sells at the higher price |
arbitrage
|
| securities purchase in one market for immediate resale on another market at a higher price |
arbitrage
|
| price at which something is offered for sale |
asking price
,
selling price
|
| deceptive way of selling that involves advertising a product at a very low price in order to attract customers who are then persuaded to switch to a more expensive product |
bait and switch
|
| code consisting of a series of vertical bars of variable width that are scanned by a laser; printed on consumer product packages to identify the item for a computer that provides the price and registers inventory information |
bar code
,
Universal Product Code
|
| price below the standard price |
bargain rate
,
cheapness
,
cut price
,
cut rate
|
| investor with a pessimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to fall and so sells now in order to buy later at a lower price |
bear
|
| effort to depress stock price |
bear raid
|
| offer of a price |
bid
|
| (stock market) the price at which a broker is willing to buy a certain security |
bid price
|
| formal proposal to buy at a specified price |
bid
,
tender
|
| common stock of a nationally known company whose value and dividends are reliable; typically have high price and low yield |
blue-chip stock
,
blue chip
|
| draw a price |
bring
|
| option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date |
call
,
call option
|
| amount by which the selling price of an asset exceeds the purchase price; the gain is realized when the asset is sold |
capital gain
|
