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− | [[year-end]]: relating to the end of a financial or fiscal (tax) year. | + | [[wages]]: a form of pay given to employees in exchange for the work they have done |
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− | [[yield]]: a percentage of the amount invested that is the annual income from an investment | + | [[waiver of premium]]: a provision of an insurance policy that suspends payment of premiums, for example, if the insured suffers disabling injury |
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− | [[zero-balance account]]: a bank account that does not hold funds continuously, but has money automatically transferred into it from another account when claims arise against it | + | [[wallet technology]]: a software package providing digital wallets or purses on the computers of merchants and customers to facilitate payment by digital cash |
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− | [[zero-fund]]: to assign no money to a business project without actually canceling it | + | [[Wall Street]]: the U.S. financial industry, or the area of New York City where much of its business is done |
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| + | [[waste management]]: a sustainable process for reducing the environmental impact of the disposal of all types of materials used by businesses. |
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| + | [[wealth]]: physical assets such as a house or financial assets such as stocks and shares that can yield an income for their holder |
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| + | [[Web marketing]]: the process of creating, developing, and enhancing a Web site in order to increase the number of visits by potential customers |
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| + | [[weighted average]]: an average of quantities that have been adjusted by the addition of a statistical value to allow for their relative importance in a data set |
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| + | [[whistleblowing]]: speaking out to the media or the public on malpractice, misconduct, corruption, or mismanagement witnessed in an organization |
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| + | [[wholesale price]]: a price charged to customers who buy large quantities of an item for resale in smaller quantities to others |
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| + | [[wholesaling]]: businesses and individuals engaged in the activity of selling products to retailers, organizational users or other wholesalers. Selling for resale. |
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| + | [[withholding tax]]: the money that an employer pays directly to the U.S. government as a payment of the income tax on the employee |
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| + | [[word of mouse]]: word-of-mouth publicity on the Internet. Owing to the fast-paced and interactive nature of online markets, word of mouse can spread much faster than its offline counterpart |
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| + | [[working capital]]: The excess of current assets over current liabilities. The cash needed to keep the business running from day to |