Finances Glossary

Decode the buzzwords of the finances space
THE LANGUAGE OF FINANCES
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Doing Business As (DBA)

Doing Business As (DBA) is a term used to describe a business name that is different from the legal name of the company.

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Dollar-Based Net Expansion Rate (DBNER)

The Dollar-Based Net Expansion Rate (DBNER) is a measure of how much a company's customer base is growing in terms of the value of the products or services it sells.

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Double-Trigger Acceleration

Double-Trigger Acceleration is a provision in a contract that allows for the acceleration of vesting of stock options or other equity-based compensation in the event of certain specified events.

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EBITDA

EBITDA is an acronym that stands for Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization.

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Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR)

An Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) is a position within a company or organization that is typically held by an experienced entrepreneur who has been brought in to help the organization develop new products or services, or to improve its existing ones.

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Expense

An expense is a cost that a company incurs in order to generate revenue.

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Fair Market Value (FMV)

Fair market value (FMV) is the estimated price at which an asset would be bought or sold in a transaction between a willing buyer and a willing seller, neither being under any compulsion to buy or sell and both having reasonable knowledge of the relevant facts.

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Financial management

Financial management is the process of planning, organizing, controlling, and monitoring a company's financial resources in order to achieve its business objectives and maximize its value.

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Financial reporting

Financial reporting is the process of preparing and publishing financial statements that provide information about a company's financial performance and position.

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Financial statement

A financial statement is a formal record of a company's financial activities and position.

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Fiscal year

The fiscal year is the accounting period that a company uses for reporting its financial statements.

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Fixed assets

Fixed assets are long-term physical assets that are used in a company's operations to generate revenue.

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