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. session
  268. settle
  269. settlement
  270. settlement agent
  271. settlement calendar
  272. settlement costs
  273. settlement date
  274. settlement risk
  275. severable contract
  276. several actions
  277. several inheritance
  278. several liability
  279. severance pay
  280. shadow economy
  281. shadow price
  282. shaft tunnel
  283. shakeout
  284. shale oil and gas
  285. share
  286. share appreciation mortgage
  287. share repurchase plan
  288. shared economy
  289. shared-equal allocation method
  290. shareholder
  291. shareholder of record
  292. shareholders’ circular
  293. shareholders’ equity
  294. shareholders’ surplus
  295. shareowner
  296. shares authorized
  297. shares outstanding
  298. shares turnover ratio
  299. Shari’a or Shari’ah
  300. Shari’ah advisory firm
  301. Shari’ah compliance
  302. Shari’ah compliant REIT
  303. Shari’ah compliant securitization
  304. Shari’ah non-compliance risk
  305. Shari’ah principles
  306. Shari’ah supervisory board
  307. sharing economy
  308. shelf life
  309. shelf offering
  310. shelf registration
  311. shelf velocity
  312. shell bank
  313. shell company
  314. ship
  315. ship planning
  316. ship’s log
  317. ship’s markings
  318. ship’s name
  319. ship’s official number
  320. ship’s papers
  321. Shipbrokers
  322. shipbuilding codes
  323. shipment
  324. shipowner
  325. shipper
  326. shipper's load and count
  327. shipper's order bill of loading
  328. shipping insurance
  329. shipping order
  330. shipyard
  331. shogun bond
  332. short
  333. short account
  334. short against the box
  335. short bond
  336. short coupon
  337. short form report
  338. short hedge
  339. short interest
  340. short interest ratio
  341. short interest theory
  342. short position
  343. short rate
  344. short sale
  345. short sell order
  346. short seller
  347. short selling
  348. short straddle
  349. short term
  350. short term insurance
  351. short term rate
  352. short ton
  353. shortage
  354. shortage costs
  355. short-dated gilts
  356. shortfall
  357. shorting against the box
  358. short-run
  359. short-run average cost
  360. shorts
  361. short-term bond
  362. short-term debt
  363. short-term disability
  364. short-term financing
  365. short-term gain (or loss)
  366. short-term holding period
  367. short-term investment
  368. shrinkage
  369. shut down price
  370. siamese shares
  371. SIBOR
  372. sick building syndrome
  373. sickness insurance
  374. sideways market
  375. sideways price movement
  376. sight bill of exchange
  377. sight draft
  378. sight payment option
  379. sighting the bottom
  380. signature loan
  381. significant order
  382. silent partner
  383. simple average
  384. simple interest
  385. simple linear regression
  386. simple majority
  387. simple moving average
  388. simple random sampling
  389. simple rate of return
  390. simple reversionary bonus
  391. simple risk
  392. simple yield
  393. simplex method
  394. simulation
  395. simultaneous payments clause
  396. sin tax
  397. Singapore Interbank Offered Rate
  398. single bank holding company
  399. single buoy mooring
  400. single entry bookkeeping
  401. single liability
  402. single option
  403. single payment loan
  404. single person company (SPC)
  405. single premium
  406. single premium method
  407. single-life annuity
  408. single-premium deferred annuity
  409. single-premium life insurance
  410. single-use plan
  411. sinking fund
  412. sitelet
  413. situation analysis
  414. six sigma (6σ)
  415. Sixty-Five Stock Average
  416. skeleton case
  417. skewness
  418. skilled labor
  419. skimming
  420. sleeper
  421. sliding peg
  422. small and medium enterprises
  423. small caps
  424. small order execution system (SOES)
  425. smart card
  426. smart contract
  427. SMEs
  428. smoke damage
  429. smurfing
  430. smurfs
  431. social accounting
  432. social audit
  433. social benefits
  434. social capital
  435. social class
  436. social cost
  437. social economics
  438. social impact
  439. social insurance
  440. social investment
  441. social involvement
  442. social lending
  443. social needs
  444. social net product
  445. social obligation
  446. social obstruction
  447. social overhead capital
  448. social performance
  449. social reaction
  450. social reform
  451. social responsibility
  452. social security
  453. socialism
  454. socially responsible investing
  455. sociology
  456. sociotechnical theory of management
  457. SOCPA
  458. SOES
  459. soft Brexit
  460. soft commission
  461. soft commodities
  462. soft currency
  463. soft dollar agreement
  464. soft dollars
  465. soft goods
  466. soft loan
  467. soft market
  468. soft money
  469. soft skills
  470. softs
  471. software
  472. sole proprietorship
  473. solicitor
  474. solution space
  475. solvency
  476. solvency margin
  477. solvency ratio
  478. solvent
  479. SOMA
  480. sonic bangs
  481. sophisticated investor
  482. sovereign bond
  483. sovereign ceiling
  484. sovereign debt
  485. sovereign immunity
  486. sovereign order
  487. sovereign wealth fund
  488. space arbitrage
  489. SPAN
  490. special acceptance
  491. special agency
  492. special bailment
  493. special bonus
  494. special bracket firm
  495. special damages
  496. special dating
  497. special demurrer
  498. special drawing rights (SDRs)
  499. special endorsement
  500. special journals
  501. special memorandum account
  502. special multi-peril insurance policy
  503. special peril
  504. special power of attorney
  505. special purpose company (vehicle or entity)
  506. specialist
  507. specialist firm
  508. specialization
  509. specialized fund
  510. special-purpose bond
  511. special-purpose financial statement
  512. specialty fund
  513. specialty shop
  514. specific identification method
  515. specified lease contract
  516. specified pool
  517. speculation
  518. speculative damages
  519. speculative motive
  520. speculative risk
  521. speculator
  522. spinoff
  523. split
  524. split annuity
  525. split deductible
  526. split deposits
  527. split life insurance
  528. split risk
  529. split-fee
  530. split-off
  531. split-off point
  532. spoofing
  533. spot commodity
  534. spot exchange market
  535. spot exchange rate
  536. spot market
  537. spot month
  538. spot price
  539. spot trading
  540. spot transactions
  541. spotting
  542. spread
  543. spread load contractual plan
  544. spread loss reinsurance
  545. spreader clause
  546. spreading the risk
  547. sprinkler insurance
  548. sprinkling trust
  549. squeeze-out
  550. stabilization
  551. stabilization period
  552. stable deposits
  553. stagflation
  554. staggered board of directors
  555. staggering maturities
  556. stagnation
  557. stamped security
  558. Standard & Poor's 500
  559. standard cost
  560. standard costing
  561. standard deviation
  562. standard error
  563. standard normal distribution
  564. standard of deferred payment
  565. standard of living
  566. standard premium
  567. standard rate
  568. standby commitment
  569. standby letter of credit
  570. standby underwriter
  571. standby underwriting
  572. standing charges
  573. standing order
  574. standing plan
  575. stapled shares
  576. starboard
  577. start of day
  578. stated capital
  579. stated value
  580. statement
  581. statement of account
  582. statement of cash flows
  583. statement of condition
  584. statement of financial position
  585. statement of retained earnings
  586. statement of stockholders' equity
  587. static budget
  588. statistic
  589. statistically significant
  590. statistics
  591. statutory declaration
  592. statutory liability
  593. statutory merger
  594. statutory notice
  595. statutory notice before forfeiture
  596. statutory prospectus
  597. statutory reserve
  598. statutory voting
  599. stem-and-leaf diagram
  600. step variable costs
  601. step-down lease
  602. stepped coupon bond
  603. step-up bond
  604. step-up coupon bond
  605. step-up lease
  606. stevedore
  607. stock
  608. stock appreciation rights
  609. stock away
  610. stock broker
  611. stock buyback
  612. stock certificate
  613. stock declaration policy
  614. stock dividend
  615. stock exchange
  616. stock fund
  617. stock index
  618. stock index arbitrage
  619. stock index futures
  620. stock indices and averages
  621. stock insurance company
  622. stock ledger
  623. stock life insurance company
  624. stock liquidity ratio
  625. stock market
  626. stock option
  627. stock option plan
  628. stock outstanding
  629. stock power
  630. stock purchase plan
  631. stock split
  632. stock subscription
  633. stock symbol
  634. stock warrant
  635. stockholder
  636. stockholder of record
  637. stockholders’ equity
  638. stockout costs
  639. stockpile
  640. stop and reverse
  641. stop buy order
  642. stop limit order
  643. stop loss order
  644. stop payment order
  645. storage of cargo
  646. storage yard
  647. store of value
  648. storm insurance
  649. straddle
  650. straddle carrier
  651. straight bill of lading
  652. straight deductible insurance
  653. straight life annuity
  654. straight life insurance
  655. straight line method of depreciation
  656. straight line rule
  657. strand
  658. strap
  659. strategic management
  660. strategic objectives
  661. strategic planning
  662. strategic plans
  663. strategy
  664. street works bond
  665. Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) analysis
  666. stress
  667. stress causes
  668. stress interview
  669. stress management
  670. strict liability
  671. strike price
  672. strike spread
  673. strip
  674. stripping
  675. strong currency
  676. structural unemployment
  677. structured finance
  678. stuffing
  679. stuffing a container
  680. subjective probability method
  681. sublease
  682. submajor firms
  683. submarine signaling
  684. submersible rig
  685. suboptimal solution
  686. suboptimization
  687. subordinated debt
  688. subpoena
  689. subprime collapse
  690. subprime crisis
  691. subprime meltdown
  692. subprime mortgage crisis
  693. subscription
  694. subscription market
  695. subscription right
  696. subscription warrant
  697. subsidiary
  698. subsidiary account
  699. subsidiary bank
  700. subsidiary company
  701. subsidiary ledger
  702. subsidy
  703. substainable development
  704. substandard
  705. substandard risk
  706. substantial damages
  707. substantial shareholder
  708. substantive immunity
  709. substantive law
  710. substitute goods
  711. substitutes
  712. successful efforts accounting
  713. succession planning
  714. Suezmax
  715. sufferance bond
  716. sufferance wharf
  717. suicide clause
  718. sukuk
  719. sukuk securitization
  720. sum insured
  721. summary financial statements
  722. sum-of-the-parts valuation method
  723. sum-of-the-years digits method of depreciation
  724. sunk cost
  725. super designated order turnaround
  726. Super DOT
  727. super negotiable order of withdrawal account
  728. super NOW account
  729. super profit commission
  730. superintendent
  731. supermajority
  732. supermarket
  733. super-senior debt
  734. supertanker
  735. supervisory analyst
  736. supervisory authority
  737. supplementary accident insurance
  738. supplementary goods
  739. supply
  740. supply chain
  741. supply curve
  742. supply elasticity
  743. supply price
  744. support level
  745. supra protest acceptance
  746. supramajority
  747. supreme order
  748. surplus
  749. surrender
  750. surrender charges
  751. surrender fees
  752. surrender value
  753. surtax
  754. survival certificate
  755. surviving company
  756. survivor benefit
  757. survivorship account
  758. survivorship annuity
  759. survivorship insurance
  760. suspended trading
  761. suspense account
  762. suspicious activity reporting (SAR)
  763. suspicious transaction
  764. suspicious transaction reporting (STR)
  765. sustainability
  766. sustainable building
  767. sustainable city
  768. sustainable development
  769. sustainable development goals
  770. sustainable finance
  771. sustainable investing
  772. sustainable resources
  773. sustainable responsible business
  774. swap
  775. swap option
  776. swap trade
  777. swaption
  778. swing loan
  779. switch arrangements
  780. switch deals
  781. switch trade
  782. SWOT analysis
  783. syndicate
  784. syndicate contract
  785. syndicated loan
  786. system
  787. system of check
  788. System Open Market Account (SOMA)
  789. systematic investment plan
  790. systematic risks
  791. systemic risks
  792. systems theory of management