Title: Unit 1 Glossary
Course: BUS 135 Business Financial Fundamentals > Section: BUS 135 Business Financial Fundamentals

Unit 1 Glossary

Terms

Term | Definitions
Angel Investors | investors who provide the seed money for start-up and early stages of a company’s growth.
Appreciate | describes the value going up for an asset such as real estate and stocks.
Depreciate | describes the value of an asset losing economic or market value.
Dividend | a share of a company’s after-tax profit paid to each owner/shareholder.
Entrepreneur | an individual who risks time and money to start and manage a business.
Equity | the amount of money contributed by the company owner(s) and investors to start up and operate the business.
Finance | any transaction that exchanges money or a monetary instrument for another monetary instrument or money, such as when placing a deposit on a new car in order to obtain the car loan for the full amo ...
Green Business | a company that has more sustainable business practices than its competitors, benefiting natural environment conditions and helping people live well today and tomorrow while being profitable and co ...
Market | where goods and services are bought and sold in an organized manner.
Market Economy | economy in which decisions about investments, production and distribution are determined by supply and demand which also influence pricing.
Prime Interest Rate | interest rate on short-term loans that banks charge their credit-worthy, best customers which most commonly are corporations.
Pro Forma Financial Statement | financial statement that is based on forecast, showing the expected financial condition of the business in the future.
Promissory Note | loan agreement to pay back cash borrowed and to meet the terms and conditions such as paying interest, payment amounts and intervals/ due dates.
Venture Capitalists | investor who provide money to grow or expand a company’s business that is already established and is in the later stages of business development.