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abandon
forsake, leave behind; "We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot"

acquisition
something acquired; "a recent acquisition by the museum"

agency
a business that serves other businesses

agency; federal agency; government agency; bureau; office; authority
an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority"

agent
an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect; "their research uncovered new disease agents"

agent; factor; broker
a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission

agio; agiotage; premium; exchange premium
a fee charged for exchanging currencies

aim; object; objective; target
the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable); "the sole object of her trip was to see her children"

allowance; leeway; margin; tolerance
a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits

amalgamation; merger; uniting
the combination of two or more commercial companies

amortization; amortisation
the reduction of the value of an asset by prorating its cost over a period of years

amortization; amortisation
payment of an obligation in a series of installments or transfers

annuitant
the recipient of an annuity

annuity; rente
income from capital investment paid in a series of regular payments; "his retirement fund was set up to be paid as an annuity"

appraisal; assessment
the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth

arbitrage
a kind of hedged investment meant to capture slight differences in price; when there is a difference in the price of something on two different markets the arbitrageur simultaneously buys at the lower price and sells at the higher price

arithmetic mean; first moment; expectation; expected value
the sum of the values of a random variable divided by the number of values

armory; armoury; inventory
a collection of resources; "he dipped into his intellectual armory to find an answer"

ascent; acclivity; rise; raise; climb; upgrade
an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise"

ask
make a request or demand for something to somebody; "She asked him for a loan"

ask; inquire; enquire
inquire about; "I asked about their special today"; "He had to ask directions several times"

assets
anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company

assignment; assigning
the act of distributing something to designated places or persons; "the first task is the assignment of an address to each datum"

assignment; duty assignment
a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces); "hazardous duty"

auditor
a qualified accountant who inspects the accounting records and practices of a business or other organization

authority; authorization; authorisation; potency; dominance; say-so
the power or right to give orders or make decisions; "he has the authority to issue warrants"; "deputies are given authorization to make arrests"; "a place of potency in the state"

authorization; authorisation; empowerment
the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant