# A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Blair House Agreement
An agreement on the liberalization of international trade in farm products between the European Community (EC) and the US.
Blue Book
A UK government publication providing data on national income and expenditure.
Blue Chip
The equity shares of large, reputable companies with high market capitalization and liquidity.
Bond
A security with a redemption date over a year later than its date of issue.
bond-rating agency
An overview of bond-rating agencies, their definitions, functions, and examples.
Bonus
A payment to a firm’s employees additional to their normal pay, often linked to performance.
Book Value
An overview of the term 'Book Value' in economics, its implications, and applications in business finance
Bootstrap
A computer-intensive technique of re-sampling the data to obtain the sampling distribution of a statistic
Borrowing
The act of incurring debts to finance spending, applicable to individuals, firms, and governments.