Terms Beginning With "s"

  1. S&P 500
  2. S&P Phenomenon
  3. sabotage
  4. sacrifice
  5. safe
  6. safe harbor
  7. safe port
  8. safeguarding financial instruments
  9. safely landed
  10. safety deposit box
  11. safety margin
  12. safety needs
  13. safety stock
  14. sagging
  15. SAGIA
  16. SAIBOR
  17. sailing warranty
  18. sakk
  19. salable
  20. salam (advance payment sales)
  21. salary
  22. salary scale
  23. sale
  24. sale and buyback
  25. sale and leaseback
  26. sale of vessel clause
  27. sale terms
  28. sales
  29. sales allowances
  30. sales charge
  31. sales contract
  32. sales department
  33. sales discount
  34. sales erosion
  35. sales fee
  36. sales force
  37. sales forecasting
  38. sales journal
  39. sales lead
  40. sales ledger
  41. sales load
  42. sales mix
  43. sales promotion
  44. sales returns and allowances
  45. sales tax
  46. salvage
  47. salvage and recovery clause
  48. salvage charges
  49. salvage corps
  50. salvage guarantee
  51. salvage tug
  52. salvage value
  53. salved property
  54. salvor
  55. salvor’s lien
  56. SAMA
  57. same-store sales
  58. sample
  59. sample correlation coefficient
  60. sample distribution
  61. sample mean
  62. sample points
  63. sample space
  64. sample standard deviation
  65. sample statistic
  66. sample variance
  67. sampling
  68. sampling error
  69. sampling with replacement
  70. sampling without replacement
  71. samurai bond
  72. sanctions
  73. sanctions list
  74. sanctions screening
  75. sandbagging
  76. sandbox
  77. SASO
  78. satellite operation
  79. satisfaction of debt document
  80. Satoshi (Sat)
  81. Satoshi Nakamoto
  82. saturated market
  83. saturation
  84. saturday night special
  85. Saudi Arabia’s Vision for 2030 (Vision 2030)
  86. Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA)
  87. Saudi Arabian Interbank Offered Rate (SAIBOR)
  88. Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA)
  89. Saudi Credit Bureau (SIMAH)
  90. Saudi Organization for Certified Public Accountants (SOCPA)
  91. Saudi Payments Network (SPAN)
  92. Saudi Ports Authority
  93. Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization (SASO)
  94. save harmless clause
  95. saving
  96. saving human life
  97. savings account
  98. savings and loan association
  99. savings bank
  100. savings bonds
  101. savings deposits
  102. savings element
  103. savings institution
  104. savings rate
  105. Say's law of markets
  106. scalability
  107. scale
  108. scale economies
  109. scale of feet
  110. scale of preferences
  111. scale of rates
  112. scale order
  113. scarce currency
  114. scarcity
  115. scarcity marketing
  116. scarcity rent
  117. scarcity value
  118. scatter diagram
  119. scenario
  120. schedule policy
  121. schedule rating
  122. scheme charges
  123. Schengen Treaty
  124. school fees insurance
  125. scienter
  126. scientific amortization method
  127. scorecard
  128. scortched earth policy
  129. scrap value
  130. screening
  131. screening interview
  132. screening model
  133. scrip
  134. scrip dividends
  135. scrip issue
  136. scripophily
  137. scupper
  138. scuttling
  139. SDRs
  140. sealed-bid auction
  141. seamless
  142. search engine
  143. search engine optimization
  144. search engine results page (SERP)
  145. searcher
  146. seasonal dating
  147. seasonal risk
  148. seasonal unemployment
  149. seasonality
  150. seasoned securities
  151. seat
  152. Seawaymax
  153. seaworthiness
  154. seaworthiness admitted clause
  155. SEC
  156. second death insurance
  157. second loss insurance
  158. second mortgage
  159. second preferred stock
  160. second price auction
  161. second quartile
  162. second round ballot
  163. second surplus reinsurance
  164. secondary beneficiary
  165. secondary boycott
  166. secondary distribution
  167. secondary industry
  168. secondary market
  169. secondary mortgage market
  170. secondary offering
  171. secondary research
  172. secondary sanctions
  173. second-to-die insurance
  174. secret ballot
  175. secret rebate
  176. secret reserves
  177. sector
  178. sector fund
  179. sector rotation
  180. secular stagnation
  181. secured
  182. secured bonds
  183. secured creditor
  184. secured debt
  185. secured loan
  186. secured obligations
  187. securities
  188. securities analysis
  189. Securities and Exchange Commission
  190. securities bond
  191. securities business
  192. securities exchange
  193. securities financing transactions
  194. securities fraud
  195. securities loan
  196. securities underwriter
  197. securitization of insurance risk
  198. securitized assets
  199. security
  200. security delisting
  201. security listing
  202. security loan
  203. sediments and water
  204. seed and grow strategy
  205. seed capital
  206. seed financing
  207. seed money
  208. seek a market
  209. segment
  210. segmentation
  211. seigniorage
  212. seizure
  213. selective editing
  214. self fulfilling prophecy
  215. self regulatory organization (SRO)
  216. self retention
  217. self-actualization needs
  218. self-directed retirement account
  219. self-financing
  220. self-insurance
  221. self-insured
  222. self-sufficiency
  223. self-supporting bond
  224. sell order
  225. sell plus
  226. sell side analyst
  227. sell stop order
  228. sell the book
  229. seller concentration
  230. seller’s interest
  231. seller's bank
  232. seller's market
  233. seller's points
  234. selling concession
  235. selling flat
  236. selling group
  237. selling hedge
  238. selling off-plan
  239. selling price clause
  240. selling short
  241. selling short against the box
  242. selling syndicate
  243. selling the spread
  244. sell-off
  245. sell-out market
  246. semiannual
  247. semi-skilled labor
  248. semivariable cost
  249. senior
  250. senior debt
  251. senior executives
  252. senior refunding
  253. senior security
  254. sensitive market
  255. sensitivity
  256. sensitivity analysis
  257. sentence
  258. sentiment
  259. SEO
  260. SEPA
  261. separation of assets and liabilities
  262. sequester cuts
  263. sequestration
  264. serial bonds
  265. serial correlation
  266. server space provider
  267. service
  268. service (product) departmentalization
  269. service contract
  270. service departmentalization
  271. service fee
  272. service level agreement
  273. service mark
  274. service of process
  275. service sector
  276. serviceable addressable market
  277. serviceable obtainable market
  278. session
  279. settle
  280. settlement
  281. settlement agent
  282. settlement calendar
  283. settlement costs
  284. settlement date
  285. settlement risk
  286. severable contract
  287. several actions
  288. several inheritance
  289. several liability
  290. severance pay
  291. shadow economy
  292. shadow price
  293. shaft tunnel
  294. shakeout
  295. shale oil and gas
  296. share
  297. share appreciation mortgage
  298. share repurchase plan
  299. shared economy
  300. shared-equal allocation method
  301. shareholder
  302. shareholder of record
  303. shareholders’ circular
  304. shareholders’ equity
  305. shareholders’ surplus
  306. shareowner
  307. shares authorized
  308. shares outstanding
  309. shares turnover ratio
  310. Shari’a or Shari’ah
  311. Shari’ah advisory firm
  312. Shari’ah compliance
  313. Shari’ah compliant REIT
  314. Shari’ah compliant securitization
  315. Shari’ah non-compliance risk
  316. Shari’ah principles
  317. Shari’ah supervisory board
  318. sharing economy
  319. shelf life
  320. shelf offering
  321. shelf registration
  322. shelf velocity
  323. shell bank
  324. shell company
  325. ship
  326. ship planning
  327. ship’s log
  328. ship’s markings
  329. ship’s name
  330. ship’s official number
  331. ship’s papers
  332. Shipbrokers
  333. shipbuilding codes
  334. shipment
  335. shipowner
  336. shipper
  337. shipper's load and count
  338. shipper's order bill of loading
  339. shipping insurance
  340. shipping order
  341. shipyard
  342. shogun bond
  343. shopping cart
  344. short
  345. short account
  346. short against the box
  347. short bond
  348. short coupon
  349. short form report
  350. short hedge
  351. short interest
  352. short interest ratio
  353. short interest theory
  354. short position
  355. short rate
  356. short sale
  357. short sell order
  358. short seller
  359. short selling
  360. short straddle
  361. short subprime debt
  362. short term
  363. short term insurance
  364. short term rate
  365. short ton
  366. shortage
  367. shortage costs
  368. short-dated gilts
  369. shortfall
  370. shorting against the box
  371. short-run
  372. short-run average cost
  373. shorts
  374. short-term bond
  375. short-term debt
  376. short-term disability
  377. short-term financing
  378. short-term gain (or loss)
  379. short-term holding period
  380. short-term investment
  381. shrinkage
  382. shut down price
  383. siamese shares
  384. SIBOR
  385. sick building syndrome
  386. sickness insurance
  387. sideways market
  388. sideways price movement
  389. sight bill of exchange
  390. sight draft
  391. sight payment option
  392. sighting the bottom
  393. signature loan
  394. significant order
  395. silent partner
  396. simple average
  397. simple interest
  398. simple linear regression
  399. simple majority
  400. simple moving average
  401. simple random sampling
  402. simple rate of return
  403. simple reversionary bonus
  404. simple risk
  405. simple yield
  406. simplex method
  407. simulation
  408. simultaneous payments clause
  409. sin tax
  410. Singapore Interbank Offered Rate
  411. single bank holding company
  412. single buoy mooring
  413. single entry bookkeeping
  414. single Euro payment area (SEPA)
  415. single liability
  416. single option
  417. single payment loan
  418. single person company (SPC)
  419. single premium
  420. single premium method
  421. single-life annuity
  422. single-premium deferred annuity
  423. single-premium life insurance
  424. single-use plan
  425. sinking fund
  426. sitelet
  427. situation analysis
  428. six sigma (6σ)
  429. Sixty-Five Stock Average
  430. skeleton case
  431. skewness
  432. skilled labor
  433. skimming
  434. sleeper
  435. sliding peg
  436. small and medium enterprises
  437. small caps
  438. small order execution system (SOES)
  439. smart card
  440. smart contract
  441. SMART objectives
  442. SMEs
  443. smoke damage
  444. smurfing
  445. smurfs
  446. social accounting
  447. social audit
  448. social benefits
  449. social capital
  450. social class
  451. social cost
  452. social economics
  453. social impact
  454. social insurance
  455. social investment
  456. social involvement
  457. social lending
  458. social needs
  459. social net product
  460. social obligation
  461. social obstruction
  462. social overhead capital
  463. social performance
  464. social pressure
  465. social reaction
  466. social reform
  467. social responsibility
  468. social security
  469. social worker
  470. socialism
  471. socially responsible investing
  472. sociology
  473. sociotechnical theory of management
  474. SOCPA
  475. SOES
  476. soft Brexit
  477. soft commission
  478. soft commodities
  479. soft currency
  480. soft dollar agreement
  481. soft dollars
  482. soft goods
  483. soft landing
  484. soft loan
  485. soft market
  486. soft money
  487. soft skills
  488. softs
  489. software
  490. sole proprietorship
  491. solicitor
  492. solution space
  493. solvency
  494. solvency margin
  495. solvency ratio
  496. solvent
  497. SOMA
  498. sonic bangs
  499. sophisticated investor
  500. sovereign bond
  501. sovereign ceiling
  502. sovereign debt
  503. sovereign immunity
  504. sovereign order
  505. sovereign wealth fund
  506. space arbitrage
  507. SPAN
  508. special acceptance
  509. special agency
  510. special bailment
  511. special bonus
  512. special bracket firm
  513. special damages
  514. special dating
  515. special demurrer
  516. special drawing rights (SDRs)
  517. special endorsement
  518. special journals
  519. special memorandum account
  520. special multi-peril insurance policy
  521. special peril
  522. special power of attorney
  523. special purpose company (vehicle or entity)
  524. specialist
  525. specialist firm
  526. specialization
  527. specialized fund
  528. special-purpose bond
  529. special-purpose financial statement
  530. specialty fund
  531. specialty shop
  532. specific identification method
  533. specific jurisdiction
  534. specified lease contract
  535. specified pool
  536. speculation
  537. speculative damages
  538. speculative motive
  539. speculative risk
  540. speculator
  541. spinoff
  542. split
  543. split annuity
  544. split deductible
  545. split deposits
  546. split life insurance
  547. split risk
  548. split-fee
  549. split-off
  550. split-off point
  551. spoofing
  552. spot commodity
  553. spot exchange market
  554. spot exchange rate
  555. spot market
  556. spot month
  557. spot price
  558. spot trading
  559. spot transactions
  560. spotting
  561. spread
  562. spread load contractual plan
  563. spread loss reinsurance
  564. spreader clause
  565. spreading the risk
  566. sprinkler insurance
  567. sprinkling trust
  568. squeeze-out
  569. stabilization
  570. stabilization period
  571. stable deposits
  572. stablecoin
  573. stagflation
  574. staggered board of directors
  575. staggering maturities
  576. stagnation
  577. stakeholders
  578. stamped security
  579. Standard & Poor's 500
  580. standard cost
  581. standard costing
  582. standard deviation
  583. standard error
  584. standard normal distribution
  585. standard of deferred payment
  586. standard of living
  587. standard premium
  588. standard rate
  589. standby commitment
  590. standby letter of credit
  591. standby underwriter
  592. standby underwriting
  593. standing charges
  594. standing order
  595. standing plan
  596. stapled shares
  597. starboard
  598. start of day
  599. stated capital
  600. stated value
  601. statement
  602. statement of account
  603. statement of cash flows
  604. statement of comprehensive income
  605. statement of condition
  606. statement of financial position
  607. statement of other comprehensive income
  608. statement of retained earnings
  609. statement of stockholders' equity
  610. static budget
  611. statistic
  612. statistical indicator
  613. statistical macro data
  614. statistical metadata
  615. statistical microdata
  616. statistical output
  617. statistical survey
  618. statistically significant
  619. statistics
  620. statute of limitations
  621. statutory declaration
  622. statutory liability
  623. statutory merger
  624. statutory notice
  625. statutory notice before forfeiture
  626. statutory prospectus
  627. statutory reserve
  628. statutory voting
  629. stem-and-leaf diagram
  630. step variable costs
  631. step-down lease
  632. stepped coupon bond
  633. step-up bond
  634. step-up coupon bond
  635. step-up lease
  636. stevedore
  637. stock
  638. stock appreciation rights
  639. stock away
  640. stock broker
  641. stock buyback
  642. stock certificate
  643. stock declaration policy
  644. stock dividend
  645. stock exchange
  646. stock fund
  647. stock index
  648. stock index arbitrage
  649. stock index futures
  650. stock indices and averages
  651. stock insurance company
  652. stock ledger
  653. stock life insurance company
  654. stock liquidity ratio
  655. stock market
  656. stock option
  657. stock option plan
  658. stock outstanding
  659. stock power
  660. stock purchase plan
  661. stock split
  662. stock subscription
  663. stock symbol
  664. stock warrant
  665. stockholder
  666. stockholder of record
  667. stockholders’ equity
  668. stockout costs
  669. stockpile
  670. stop and reverse
  671. stop buy order
  672. stop limit order
  673. stop loss order
  674. stop payment order
  675. storage of cargo
  676. storage yard
  677. store of value
  678. storm insurance
  679. STP
  680. straddle
  681. straddle carrier
  682. straight bill of lading
  683. straight deductible insurance
  684. straight life annuity
  685. straight life insurance
  686. straight line method of amortization
  687. straight line method of depreciation
  688. straight line rule
  689. straight through processing (STP)
  690. strand
  691. strap
  692. strategic management
  693. strategic objectives
  694. strategic planning
  695. strategic plans
  696. strategy
  697. street works bond
  698. Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) analysis
  699. stress
  700. stress causes
  701. stress interview
  702. stress management
  703. strict liability
  704. strike price
  705. strike spread
  706. strip
  707. stripping
  708. strong currency
  709. structural unemployment
  710. structured finance
  711. stuffing
  712. stuffing a container
  713. subjective probability method
  714. sublease
  715. submajor firms
  716. submarine signaling
  717. submersible rig
  718. submission agreement
  719. suboptimal solution
  720. suboptimization
  721. subordinated debt
  722. subpoena
  723. subprime collapse
  724. subprime crisis
  725. subprime loan
  726. subprime meltdown
  727. subprime mortgage crisis
  728. subscription
  729. subscription market
  730. subscription right
  731. subscription warrant
  732. subsidiary
  733. subsidiary account
  734. subsidiary bank
  735. subsidiary company
  736. subsidiary ledger
  737. subsidy
  738. substainable development
  739. substandard
  740. substandard risk
  741. substantial damages
  742. substantial shareholder
  743. substantive immunity
  744. substantive law
  745. substitute goods
  746. substitutes
  747. successful efforts accounting
  748. succession planning
  749. Suezmax
  750. sufferance bond
  751. sufferance wharf
  752. suicide clause
  753. sukuk
  754. sukuk securitization
  755. sum insured
  756. sum rule
  757. summary financial statements
  758. sum-of-the-parts valuation method
  759. sum-of-the-years digits method of depreciation
  760. sunk cost
  761. super designated order turnaround
  762. Super DOT
  763. super negotiable order of withdrawal account
  764. super NOW account
  765. super profit commission
  766. superintendent
  767. supermajority
  768. supermarket
  769. super-senior debt
  770. supertanker
  771. supervisory analyst
  772. supervisory authority
  773. supplementary accident insurance
  774. supplementary goods
  775. supply
  776. supply chain
  777. supply curve
  778. supply elasticity
  779. supply price
  780. supply shock
  781. support level
  782. supra protest acceptance
  783. supramajority
  784. supreme order
  785. surplus
  786. surrender
  787. surrender charges
  788. surrender fees
  789. surrender value
  790. surtax
  791. survey
  792. survival certificate
  793. surviving company
  794. survivor benefit
  795. survivorship account
  796. survivorship annuity
  797. survivorship insurance
  798. suspended trading
  799. suspense account
  800. suspicious activity reporting (SAR)
  801. suspicious transaction
  802. suspicious transaction reporting (STR)
  803. sustainability
  804. sustainable building
  805. sustainable city
  806. sustainable development
  807. sustainable development goals
  808. sustainable finance
  809. sustainable investing
  810. sustainable resources
  811. sustainable responsible business
  812. swap
  813. swap option
  814. swap trade
  815. swaption
  816. SWIFT
  817. swing loan
  818. switch arrangements
  819. switch deals
  820. switch trade
  821. SWOT analysis
  822. syndicate
  823. syndicate contract
  824. syndicated loan
  825. system
  826. system of check
  827. System Open Market Account (SOMA)
  828. systematic errors
  829. systematic investment plan
  830. systematic risks
  831. systemic risks
  832. systems theory of management