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 F
- Form 3
- FASB
- FCIA
- FDIC
- Fair-and-equitable test
- Federal credit agencies
- Federal Farm Credit System
- Federal Intermediate Credit Bank
- Federal Maritime Commission (FMC)
- Fiduciary
- Field warehouse
- Final Take
- Finance company
- Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)
- Financial analysis
- Financial distress
- Financial institution
- Financial lease
- Financial plan
- Financial planning
- Financial position
- Financial statement analysis
- Financial structure
- Financing Intermediaries
- Finder's fee
- Fiscal year (FY)
- Five Cs of credit
- Fixed asset turnover ratio
- Fixed rate
- Flat benefit formula
- Flexible budget
- Floorless Convertible
- Forbes 500
- Foreclosure
- Foreign corporation
- Foreign direct investment (FDI)
- Foreign-source income
- Forfeiting
- Form 10-K
- Form T
- Forwarder
- Franchise agreement
- Free Alongside Ship (FAS)
- Free Carrier (FCA)
- Freeze out
- Freight Forwarder
- Full-payout lease
- Full-service lease
- Fully depreciated
- Funded pension plan
- Funding ratio
- FAS
- FCA
- FDI
- FSC
- Fair market price
- Federal Farm Credit Bank
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
- Federal Land Bank
- Federal Savings and Loan Association
- Fiduciary out
- FIFO
- Finance charge
- Finance Lease
- Financial adviser
- Financial control
- Financial distress costs
- Financial institution buyer credit policy
- Financial objectives
- Financial planner
- Financial policy
- Financial statement
- Financial strategy
- Financing Agreements
- Financing Cost Savings
- First In, First Out (FIFO)
- Fiscal year-end
- Fixed asset
- Fixed cost
- Fixed-rate loan
- Flat tax
- Floating lien
- Fluctuation
- Forecasting
- Foreign branch
- Foreign Credit Insurance Association (FCIA)
- Foreign Sales Corporation (FSC)
- Foreign tax credit
- Forfeiture
- Form S-8
- Fortune 500
- Foul Bill of Lading
- Franchising
- Free on board (FOB)
- Free cash flows
- Freight
- Freight shippers
- Full recourse
- Full Set of Bills of Lading
- Fundamental Information
- Funding
- Funding risk
Glossary provided by Campbell R. Harvey, Professor of Finance at Duke University.
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