SMALL BUSINESS DICTIONARY
The Yahoo Small Business Dictionary defines, explains, and cross-references more than 1,800 key small business words, phrases, acronyms, and concepts, covering topics including small business finance, management, sales, startup, exit strategy, and growth. To use the dictionary, type a word in the search box or click a letter to browse the listings alphabetically.
Small Business Dictionary terms starting with B
- B2B
- Back-to-back financing
- Backup Line of Credit
- Bad title
- Balance of trade
- Balance sheet
- Balanced budget
- Balloon Payment
- Bank draft
- Bank Letter of Credit Policy
- Bank regulation
- Bank trust department
- Banker's acceptance
- Bankmail
- Bankruptcy cost view
- Bankruptcy view
- Base rate
- Basic business strategies
- Bear hug
- Before-tax contributions
- Beneficiary
- Bill of lading
- Binder
- Black market
- Blank check offering
- Blanket Mortgage
- Blind trust
- Board of Directors
- Board room
- Bond
- Bon voyage bonus
- Book value
- Bootstrap
- Bounce
- Break even
- Break-even lease payment
- Budget deficit
- Bull
- Bullet loan
- Burn rate
- Business Combination laws
- Business day
- Business risk
- Buy
- Buyer's market
- Bylaws
- Back taxes
- Back-to-back loan
- Bad debt
- Bailing out
- Balance on goods and services
- Balance sheet identity
- Balloon maturity
- Ballot
- Bank line
- Bank note
- Bank run (bank panic)
- Bank wire
- Banking Delay
- Bankruptcy
- Bankruptcy risk
- Barter
- Basic balance
- Bear
- Bear market
- Before-tax profit margin
- Bequest
- Billing cycle
- Bi-weekly mortgage loan
- Blank check
- Blanket inventory lien
- Blind pool
- Blitzkrieg tender offer
- Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
- Boilerplate
- Bond of Indemnity
- Book cash
- Book value per share
- Borrow
- Branch
- Break-even analysis
- Budget
- Budget surplus
- Bullet
- Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
- Business combination
- Business cycle
- Business failure
- Bust-up takeover
- Buyer credit
- Buyout
Glossary provided by Campbell R. Harvey, Professor of Finance at Duke University.
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