A Dictionary of Accounting - Articles

3,141 total articles

From the Oxford University Press, this is a comprehensive dictionary of accounting words and terminology.

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zero-rated goods and services

zero-base budget

zero coupon bond

ZBB

Z-score

yield to maturity

yield curve

yield

Yellow Book

Yankee bond

wrongful trading

written-down value

writing-down allowance

write off

writ

World Bank

working-capital ratio

working-capital adjustment

working capital

work measurement

work in progress

without recourse

without prejudice

withholding tax

with the exception of

WIP

window dressing

winding-up petition

winding-up

windfall gains and losses

will

wholly owned subsidiary

white knight

weighted-average cost

weighted average cost of capital

weighted average

wear and tear

wealth tax

WDV

WDA

watered stock

wasting asset

waste

warrant

war loan

walk-through test

waiting time

wages oncost

wages costs

wages

WACC

VRN

vouching

voucher

voting shares

voluntary registration

voluntary liquidation

voluntary arrangement

volume variances

virement

view to resale

vested interest

vertical integration

vertical form

verification

vendor placing

VATman

VAT

variance analysis

variance

variable-rate note

variable production overhead

variable overhead cost

variable costing

variable cost ratio

variable cost

value-added statement

value to the business

value for money audit

value date

value added tax

USM

user-friendly

user terminal

useful economic life

usance

usage variance

usage rate

Urgent Issues Task Force

unrealized profit

unpaid cheque

unlisted securities

unlimited liability

unlimited company

units of production method of depreciation

unit trust

unit standard selling price

unit standard production cost

unit standard operating profit

unit price