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 D
- DSCR
- DES
- Dates convention
- Day trade
- Days in receivables
- Days' sales outstanding
- Debit
- Debt capacity
- Debt/equity ratio
- Debt retirement
- Debt service coverage
- Debt service parity approach
- Debtor in possession
- Decision tree
- Declaration
- Deductible contribution
- Deductive reasoning
- Deferred account
- Deferred compensation
- Deficiency
- Deficiency letter
- Defined benefit plan
- Deflation
- Delivered at Frontier (DAF)
- Delivered Duty Unpaid (DDU)
- Delivered Ex Quay (DEQ)
- Dependent
- Depreciated cost
- Depreciation tax shield
- Depression
- Dialing for dollars
- Differential disclosure
- Direct deposit
- Direct estimate method
- Direct investment
- Direct overhead
- Direct rollover
- Director Exception
- Disability income insurance
- Discharge of bankruptcy
- Disclaimer of opinion
- Discontinued operations
- Discretionary cash flow
- Discretionary reserves
- Disinflation
- Disposable income
- Distribution Cost Advantage
- Dividend
- Domestic International Sales Corporation (DISC)
- Double-dip lease
- Double taxation
- Down round
- Downstream
- Draft
- Drawdown
- Drawer
- Drip feed
- Drop-dead day
- Due diligence
- Dupont system of financial control
- Duty
- DEQ
- DISC
- Dating
- Day trading
- Days' sales in inventory ratio
- Death Spiral Convertible
- Debt
- Debt displacement
- Debt ratio
- Debt service
- Debt-service coverage ratio
- Debtor
- Debtor-in-possession financing
- Declaration date
- Deductible
- Deduction
- Default interest
- Deferred charge
- Deferred tax expense
- Deficiency Agreement
- Deficit
- Defined contribution plan
- Delinquency
- Delivered Duty Paid (DDP)
- Delivered Ex Ship (DES)
- Demand shock
- Depreciate
- Depreciation
- Depressed market
- Deregulation
- Differential
- Direct costs of financial distress
- Direct deposit service
- Discount Interest
- Direct lease
- Direct Purchase Plan
- Director
- Directors' Duties
- Disbursement float
- Discharge of lien
- Disclosure
- Discrepancy
- Discretionary income
- Dishonor
- Disinvestment
- Distress sale
- Divestiture
- Domestic corporation
- Domestic market
- Double-entry bookkeeping
- Dow Jones Industrial Average
- Downsizing
- Downturn
- Drawback
- Drawee
- Drayage
- Drive-by VC
- Due date
- Due-on-sale clause
- Durable merchandise
Glossary provided by Campbell R. Harvey, Professor of Finance at Duke University.
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