Terms Beginning With "s"

  1. S&P 500
  2. S&P Phenomenon
  3. sabotage
  4. sacrifice
  5. safe
  6. safe harbor
  7. safe port
  8. safeguarding financial instruments
  9. safely landed
  10. safety deposit box
  11. safety margin
  12. safety needs
  13. safety stock
  14. sagging
  15. SAGIA
  16. SAIBOR
  17. sailing warranty
  18. sakk
  19. salable
  20. salam (advance payment sales)
  21. salary
  22. salary scale
  23. sale
  24. sale and buyback
  25. sale and leaseback
  26. sale of vessel clause
  27. sale terms
  28. sales
  29. sales allowances
  30. sales charge
  31. sales contract
  32. sales department
  33. sales discount
  34. sales erosion
  35. sales fee
  36. sales force
  37. sales forecasting
  38. sales journal
  39. sales lead
  40. sales ledger
  41. sales load
  42. sales mix
  43. sales promotion
  44. sales returns and allowances
  45. sales tax
  46. salvage
  47. salvage and recovery clause
  48. salvage charges
  49. salvage corps
  50. salvage guarantee
  51. salvage tug
  52. salvage value
  53. salved property
  54. salvor
  55. salvor’s lien
  56. SAMA
  57. same-store sales
  58. sample
  59. sample correlation coefficient
  60. sample distribution
  61. sample mean
  62. sample points
  63. sample space
  64. sample standard deviation
  65. sample statistic
  66. sample variance
  67. sampling
  68. sampling error
  69. sampling with replacement
  70. sampling without replacement
  71. samurai bond
  72. sanctions
  73. sandbox
  74. SASO
  75. satellite operation
  76. satisfaction of debt document
  77. Satoshi (Sat)
  78. Satoshi Nakamoto
  79. saturated market
  80. saturation
  81. saturday night special
  82. Saudi Arabia’s Vision for 2030 (Vision 2030)
  83. Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA)
  84. Saudi Arabian Interbank Offered Rate (SAIBOR)
  85. Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA)
  86. Saudi Credit Bureau (SIMAH)
  87. Saudi Organization for Certified Public Accountants (SOCPA)
  88. Saudi Payments Network (SPAN)
  89. Saudi Ports Authority
  90. Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization (SASO)
  91. save harmless clause
  92. saving
  93. saving human life
  94. savings account
  95. savings and loan association
  96. savings bank
  97. savings bonds
  98. savings deposits
  99. savings element
  100. savings institution
  101. savings rate
  102. Say's law of markets
  103. scalability
  104. scale
  105. scale economies
  106. scale of feet
  107. scale of preferences
  108. scale of rates
  109. scale order
  110. scarce currency
  111. scarcity
  112. scarcity rent
  113. scarcity value
  114. scatter diagram
  115. scenario
  116. schedule policy
  117. schedule rating
  118. scheme charges
  119. Schengen Treaty
  120. school fees insurance
  121. scienter
  122. scientific amortization method
  123. scortched earth policy
  124. scrap value
  125. screening
  126. screening interview
  127. screening model
  128. scrip
  129. scrip dividends
  130. scrip issue
  131. scripophily
  132. scupper
  133. scuttling
  134. SDRs
  135. sealed-bid auction
  136. search engine
  137. search engine optimization
  138. search engine results page (SERP)
  139. searcher
  140. seasonal dating
  141. seasonal risk
  142. seasonal unemployment
  143. seasonality
  144. seasoned securities
  145. seat
  146. Seawaymax
  147. seaworthiness
  148. seaworthiness admitted clause
  149. SEC
  150. second death insurance
  151. second loss insurance
  152. second mortgage
  153. second preferred stock
  154. second price auction
  155. second quartile
  156. second round ballot
  157. second surplus reinsurance
  158. secondary beneficiary
  159. secondary boycott
  160. secondary distribution
  161. secondary industry
  162. secondary market
  163. secondary mortgage market
  164. secondary offering
  165. secondary research
  166. second-to-die insurance
  167. secret ballot
  168. secret rebate
  169. secret reserves
  170. sector
  171. sector fund
  172. sector rotation
  173. secular stagnation
  174. secured
  175. secured bonds
  176. secured creditor
  177. secured debt
  178. secured loan
  179. secured obligations
  180. securities
  181. securities analysis
  182. Securities and Exchange Commission
  183. securities bond
  184. securities business
  185. securities exchange
  186. securities financing transactions
  187. securities fraud
  188. securities loan
  189. securities underwriter
  190. securitization of insurance risk
  191. securitized assets
  192. security
  193. security delisting
  194. security listing
  195. security loan
  196. sediments and water
  197. seed and grow strategy
  198. seed capital
  199. seed financing
  200. seed money
  201. seek a market
  202. segment
  203. segmentation
  204. seigniorage
  205. seizure
  206. self fulfilling prophecy
  207. self regulatory organization (SRO)
  208. self retention
  209. self-actualization needs
  210. self-directed retirement account
  211. self-financing
  212. self-insurance
  213. self-insured
  214. self-sufficiency
  215. self-supporting bond
  216. sell order
  217. sell plus
  218. sell side analyst
  219. sell stop order
  220. sell the book
  221. seller concentration
  222. seller’s interest
  223. seller's bank
  224. seller's market
  225. seller's points
  226. selling concession
  227. selling flat
  228. selling group
  229. selling hedge
  230. selling off-plan
  231. selling price clause
  232. selling short
  233. selling short against the box
  234. selling syndicate
  235. selling the spread
  236. sell-off
  237. sell-out market
  238. semiannual
  239. semi-skilled labor
  240. semivariable cost
  241. senior
  242. senior debt
  243. senior executives
  244. senior refunding
  245. senior security
  246. sensitive market
  247. sensitivity
  248. sensitivity analysis
  249. sentence
  250. sentiment
  251. SEO
  252. separation of assets and liabilities
  253. sequester cuts
  254. sequestration
  255. serial bonds
  256. serial correlation
  257. server space provider
  258. service
  259. service (product) departmentalization
  260. service contract
  261. service departmentalization
  262. service fee
  263. service level agreement
  264. service mark
  265. service of process
  266. service sector
  267. serviceable addressable market
  268. serviceable obtainable market
  269. session
  270. settle
  271. settlement
  272. settlement agent
  273. settlement calendar
  274. settlement costs
  275. settlement date
  276. settlement risk
  277. severable contract
  278. several actions
  279. several inheritance
  280. several liability
  281. severance pay
  282. shadow economy
  283. shadow price
  284. shaft tunnel
  285. shakeout
  286. shale oil and gas
  287. share
  288. share appreciation mortgage
  289. share repurchase plan
  290. shared economy
  291. shared-equal allocation method
  292. shareholder
  293. shareholder of record
  294. shareholders’ circular
  295. shareholders’ equity
  296. shareholders’ surplus
  297. shareowner
  298. shares authorized
  299. shares outstanding
  300. shares turnover ratio
  301. Shari’a or Shari’ah
  302. Shari’ah advisory firm
  303. Shari’ah compliance
  304. Shari’ah compliant REIT
  305. Shari’ah compliant securitization
  306. Shari’ah non-compliance risk
  307. Shari’ah principles
  308. Shari’ah supervisory board
  309. sharing economy
  310. shelf life
  311. shelf offering
  312. shelf registration
  313. shelf velocity
  314. shell bank
  315. shell company
  316. ship
  317. ship planning
  318. ship’s log
  319. ship’s markings
  320. ship’s name
  321. ship’s official number
  322. ship’s papers
  323. Shipbrokers
  324. shipbuilding codes
  325. shipment
  326. shipowner
  327. shipper
  328. shipper's load and count
  329. shipper's order bill of loading
  330. shipping insurance
  331. shipping order
  332. shipyard
  333. shogun bond
  334. shopping cart
  335. short
  336. short account
  337. short against the box
  338. short bond
  339. short coupon
  340. short form report
  341. short hedge
  342. short interest
  343. short interest ratio
  344. short interest theory
  345. short position
  346. short rate
  347. short sale
  348. short sell order
  349. short seller
  350. short selling
  351. short straddle
  352. short subprime debt
  353. short term
  354. short term insurance
  355. short term rate
  356. short ton
  357. shortage
  358. shortage costs
  359. short-dated gilts
  360. shortfall
  361. shorting against the box
  362. short-run
  363. short-run average cost
  364. shorts
  365. short-term bond
  366. short-term debt
  367. short-term disability
  368. short-term financing
  369. short-term gain (or loss)
  370. short-term holding period
  371. short-term investment
  372. shrinkage
  373. shut down price
  374. siamese shares
  375. SIBOR
  376. sick building syndrome
  377. sickness insurance
  378. sideways market
  379. sideways price movement
  380. sight bill of exchange
  381. sight draft
  382. sight payment option
  383. sighting the bottom
  384. signature loan
  385. significant order
  386. silent partner
  387. simple average
  388. simple interest
  389. simple linear regression
  390. simple majority
  391. simple moving average
  392. simple random sampling
  393. simple rate of return
  394. simple reversionary bonus
  395. simple risk
  396. simple yield
  397. simplex method
  398. simulation
  399. simultaneous payments clause
  400. sin tax
  401. Singapore Interbank Offered Rate
  402. single bank holding company
  403. single buoy mooring
  404. single entry bookkeeping
  405. single liability
  406. single option
  407. single payment loan
  408. single person company (SPC)
  409. single premium
  410. single premium method
  411. single-life annuity
  412. single-premium deferred annuity
  413. single-premium life insurance
  414. single-use plan
  415. sinking fund
  416. sitelet
  417. situation analysis
  418. six sigma (6σ)
  419. Sixty-Five Stock Average
  420. skeleton case
  421. skewness
  422. skilled labor
  423. skimming
  424. sleeper
  425. sliding peg
  426. small and medium enterprises
  427. small caps
  428. small order execution system (SOES)
  429. smart card
  430. smart contract
  431. SMEs
  432. smoke damage
  433. smurfing
  434. smurfs
  435. social accounting
  436. social audit
  437. social benefits
  438. social capital
  439. social class
  440. social cost
  441. social economics
  442. social impact
  443. social insurance
  444. social investment
  445. social involvement
  446. social lending
  447. social needs
  448. social net product
  449. social obligation
  450. social obstruction
  451. social overhead capital
  452. social performance
  453. social reaction
  454. social reform
  455. social responsibility
  456. social security
  457. socialism
  458. socially responsible investing
  459. sociology
  460. sociotechnical theory of management
  461. SOCPA
  462. SOES
  463. soft Brexit
  464. soft commission
  465. soft commodities
  466. soft currency
  467. soft dollar agreement
  468. soft dollars
  469. soft goods
  470. soft landing
  471. soft loan
  472. soft market
  473. soft money
  474. soft skills
  475. softs
  476. software
  477. sole proprietorship
  478. solicitor
  479. solution space
  480. solvency
  481. solvency margin
  482. solvency ratio
  483. solvent
  484. SOMA
  485. sonic bangs
  486. sophisticated investor
  487. sovereign bond
  488. sovereign ceiling
  489. sovereign debt
  490. sovereign immunity
  491. sovereign order
  492. sovereign wealth fund
  493. space arbitrage
  494. SPAN
  495. special acceptance
  496. special agency
  497. special bailment
  498. special bonus
  499. special bracket firm
  500. special damages
  501. special dating
  502. special demurrer
  503. special drawing rights (SDRs)
  504. special endorsement
  505. special journals
  506. special memorandum account
  507. special multi-peril insurance policy
  508. special peril
  509. special power of attorney
  510. special purpose company (vehicle or entity)
  511. specialist
  512. specialist firm
  513. specialization
  514. specialized fund
  515. special-purpose bond
  516. special-purpose financial statement
  517. specialty fund
  518. specialty shop
  519. specific identification method
  520. specified lease contract
  521. specified pool
  522. speculation
  523. speculative damages
  524. speculative motive
  525. speculative risk
  526. speculator
  527. spinoff
  528. split
  529. split annuity
  530. split deductible
  531. split deposits
  532. split life insurance
  533. split risk
  534. split-fee
  535. split-off
  536. split-off point
  537. spoofing
  538. spot commodity
  539. spot exchange market
  540. spot exchange rate
  541. spot market
  542. spot month
  543. spot price
  544. spot trading
  545. spot transactions
  546. spotting
  547. spread
  548. spread load contractual plan
  549. spread loss reinsurance
  550. spreader clause
  551. spreading the risk
  552. sprinkler insurance
  553. sprinkling trust
  554. squeeze-out
  555. stabilization
  556. stabilization period
  557. stable deposits
  558. stagflation
  559. staggered board of directors
  560. staggering maturities
  561. stagnation
  562. stamped security
  563. Standard & Poor's 500
  564. standard cost
  565. standard costing
  566. standard deviation
  567. standard error
  568. standard normal distribution
  569. standard of deferred payment
  570. standard of living
  571. standard premium
  572. standard rate
  573. standby commitment
  574. standby letter of credit
  575. standby underwriter
  576. standby underwriting
  577. standing charges
  578. standing order
  579. standing plan
  580. stapled shares
  581. starboard
  582. start of day
  583. stated capital
  584. stated value
  585. statement
  586. statement of account
  587. statement of cash flows
  588. statement of condition
  589. statement of financial position
  590. statement of retained earnings
  591. statement of stockholders' equity
  592. static budget
  593. statistic
  594. statistically significant
  595. statistics
  596. statutory declaration
  597. statutory liability
  598. statutory merger
  599. statutory notice
  600. statutory notice before forfeiture
  601. statutory prospectus
  602. statutory reserve
  603. statutory voting
  604. stem-and-leaf diagram
  605. step variable costs
  606. step-down lease
  607. stepped coupon bond
  608. step-up bond
  609. step-up coupon bond
  610. step-up lease
  611. stevedore
  612. stock
  613. stock appreciation rights
  614. stock away
  615. stock broker
  616. stock buyback
  617. stock certificate
  618. stock declaration policy
  619. stock dividend
  620. stock exchange
  621. stock fund
  622. stock index
  623. stock index arbitrage
  624. stock index futures
  625. stock indices and averages
  626. stock insurance company
  627. stock ledger
  628. stock life insurance company
  629. stock liquidity ratio
  630. stock market
  631. stock option
  632. stock option plan
  633. stock outstanding
  634. stock power
  635. stock purchase plan
  636. stock split
  637. stock subscription
  638. stock symbol
  639. stock warrant
  640. stockholder
  641. stockholder of record
  642. stockholders’ equity
  643. stockout costs
  644. stockpile
  645. stop and reverse
  646. stop buy order
  647. stop limit order
  648. stop loss order
  649. stop payment order
  650. storage of cargo
  651. storage yard
  652. store of value
  653. storm insurance
  654. straddle
  655. straddle carrier
  656. straight bill of lading
  657. straight deductible insurance
  658. straight life annuity
  659. straight life insurance
  660. straight line method of depreciation
  661. straight line rule
  662. strand
  663. strap
  664. strategic management
  665. strategic objectives
  666. strategic planning
  667. strategic plans
  668. strategy
  669. street works bond
  670. Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) analysis
  671. stress
  672. stress causes
  673. stress interview
  674. stress management
  675. strict liability
  676. strike price
  677. strike spread
  678. strip
  679. stripping
  680. strong currency
  681. structural unemployment
  682. structured finance
  683. stuffing
  684. stuffing a container
  685. subjective probability method
  686. sublease
  687. submajor firms
  688. submarine signaling
  689. submersible rig
  690. suboptimal solution
  691. suboptimization
  692. subordinated debt
  693. subpoena
  694. subprime collapse
  695. subprime crisis
  696. subprime loan
  697. subprime meltdown
  698. subprime mortgage crisis
  699. subscription
  700. subscription market
  701. subscription right
  702. subscription warrant
  703. subsidiary
  704. subsidiary account
  705. subsidiary bank
  706. subsidiary company
  707. subsidiary ledger
  708. subsidy
  709. substainable development
  710. substandard
  711. substandard risk
  712. substantial damages
  713. substantial shareholder
  714. substantive immunity
  715. substantive law
  716. substitute goods
  717. substitutes
  718. successful efforts accounting
  719. succession planning
  720. Suezmax
  721. sufferance bond
  722. sufferance wharf
  723. suicide clause
  724. sukuk
  725. sukuk securitization
  726. sum insured
  727. sum rule
  728. summary financial statements
  729. sum-of-the-parts valuation method
  730. sum-of-the-years digits method of depreciation
  731. sunk cost
  732. super designated order turnaround
  733. Super DOT
  734. super negotiable order of withdrawal account
  735. super NOW account
  736. super profit commission
  737. superintendent
  738. supermajority
  739. supermarket
  740. super-senior debt
  741. supertanker
  742. supervisory analyst
  743. supervisory authority
  744. supplementary accident insurance
  745. supplementary goods
  746. supply
  747. supply chain
  748. supply curve
  749. supply elasticity
  750. supply price
  751. supply shock
  752. support level
  753. supra protest acceptance
  754. supramajority
  755. supreme order
  756. surplus
  757. surrender
  758. surrender charges
  759. surrender fees
  760. surrender value
  761. surtax
  762. survival certificate
  763. surviving company
  764. survivor benefit
  765. survivorship account
  766. survivorship annuity
  767. survivorship insurance
  768. suspended trading
  769. suspense account
  770. suspicious activity reporting (SAR)
  771. suspicious transaction
  772. suspicious transaction reporting (STR)
  773. sustainability
  774. sustainable building
  775. sustainable city
  776. sustainable development
  777. sustainable development goals
  778. sustainable finance
  779. sustainable investing
  780. sustainable resources
  781. sustainable responsible business
  782. swap
  783. swap option
  784. swap trade
  785. swaption
  786. swing loan
  787. switch arrangements
  788. switch deals
  789. switch trade
  790. SWOT analysis
  791. syndicate
  792. syndicate contract
  793. syndicated loan
  794. system
  795. system of check
  796. System Open Market Account (SOMA)
  797. systematic investment plan
  798. systematic risks
  799. systemic risks
  800. systems theory of management