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1. ABTA | Abta, n. View full entry 1950
...The Association of British Travel Agents, established in 1950....
2. acker, n.2 View full entry 1937
...A piastre. hist. in later use....
3. acquiree, n. View full entry 1908
...A person from whom something is acquired. rare....
4. add-back, n. View full entry 1954
...Adjustment of net income through addition or deduction of items not affecting working capital; an item thus added or deducted....
5. additionality, n. View full entry 1959
...The fact or concept of being additional; esp. any principle or policy that involves pursuing economic or financial practice according to this concept; spec. (in the European Union)...
6. adhocracy, n. View full entry 1966
...A flexible and informal style of organization and management, characterized by a lack of bureaucracy. Also (depreciative): bureaucracy characterized by inconsistency and lack of planning....
7. adhocratic, adj. View full entry 1970
...Characterized by adhocracy; informal, flexible. Also (freq. depreciative): lacking planning or strategy; ad hoc, inconsistent....
8. adultescent, n. View full entry 1996
...An adult who has retained the interests, behaviour, or lifestyle of adolescence. Cf. kidult, Middle Youthmiddle1....
9. age-related, adj. View full entry 1942
...Related to or associated with age, esp. advancing age....
10. allfinanz, n. View full entry 1988
...Chiefly in the context of European banking: the business of providing a wide range of financial services across traditionally separate sectors, including banking, insurance, and investment; universal banking. Freq. attrib....
11. American Express, n. View full entry 1958
...attrib. Designating a charge card issued by the American Express company. Also: such a card as a means of payment. Cf. Amex...
12. Amex, n.1 View full entry 1961
...The American Stock Exchange in New York, the second largest U.S. securities exchange (the largest being the New York Stock Exchange)....
13. Amex, n.2 View full entry 1970
...= American Express Chiefly attrib., esp. as Amex card. (Proprietary.) ...
14. angel, v. View full entry 1929
...trans. To finance or back (an enterprise, esp. a theatrical production). slang (chiefly U.S.)....
15. annualized, adj. View full entry 1969
...Of rates of interest, inflation, etc.: calculated on an annual basis, as a projection from figures obtained for a shorter period....
16. anti-inflationary, adj. View full entry 1932
...That seeks or acts to prevent or reduce inflation....
17. APEC, n. View full entry 1989
...Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, a forum of 21 Pacific Rim countries (including Australia, China, Japan, Russia, and the United States), established in 1989 to facilitate economic growth and prosperity in the...
18. arb, n. View full entry 1983
...Colloq. abbrev. of arbitrageur...
19. arbitrage, v. View full entry 1923
...intr. To engage in arbitrage (see arbitrage3)....
20. aˈrranging, adj. View full entry 1920
...Of a debtor: that makes an arrangement with his creditors....
