Houghton Mifflin The American Heritage Dictionary of Business Terms Printed Book by David Scott

Paperback dictionary of business terms defines more than 6,000 terms from all aspects of business in clear, understandable language to cover the entire spectrum of business terminology. Areas covered include investing, finance, marketing, law, real estate, management, economics, accounting, insurance and international business. Entries range from investment fundamentals (price-earnings ratio, split, yield) to the lexicon of real estate (amortization, buy down, wraparound mortgage) to the terminology of contemporary finance (CDO, short sale, tranche). More than 100 key terms, such as antitrust, bailout, and subprime loan, are enhanced by real-world case studies that bring the concept to life. Scores of tips from expert professionals offer advice on topics ranging from renegotiating a mortgage to reducing the estate tax.