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of Economic and Business Terms
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Page last updated on 28 March 2009

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Monolingual - English (UK)
Accounting, Banking, Finance, Investments

1) Banking Glossary http://www.fairinvestment.co.uk/banking_glossary.aspx
2) Bond trading terms http://www.bondsonline.com/asp/research/glossary.asp
3) Business Accounting and Finance - by Davies and Pain http://mcgraw-hill.co.uk/he/web_sites/business/accounting/davies/supps/glossary/a.html
4) Brokerage Services Glossary http://personal.fidelity.com/products/stockoptions/glossary.shtml
5) Dictionary of Derivatives Acronyms http://www.numa.com/ref/acronym.htm
6) Dictionary of Financial Terms http://www.apt-finance.com/finance_dictionary.html
7) Explanations of financial terms http://www.rate.co.uk/glossary/
8) Finance and Grants Glossary http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/glossaryAtoZ?alphaKey=A&categoryDisplay=Finance+and+grants&categoryId=6000000022
9) Financial terms and ratios http://www.businessballs.com/finance.htm
10) Global-Investor Glossary http://www.finance-glossary.com/pages/home.htm
11) Glossary of Accounting Terms http://www.accountz.com/glossary.html
12) Glossary of business planning and financial terms http://www.learndirect-business.co.uk/campaigns/finances05/glossary/
13) Finance glossary http://www.lse.co.uk/financeglossary.asp
14) Financial Glossary (1) http://www.ukfinanceglossary.co.uk/
15) Financial Glossary (2) http://www.fairinvestment.co.uk/financial_glossary.aspx
16) Financial Terms http://www.financial-terms.co.uk/
17) Financial Terms Glossary http://www.financial-planning.uk.com/glossary/index.htm
18) Investment Glossary http://www.fairinvestment.co.uk/investment_glossary.aspx
19) Investment Terms http://www.intersites.co.uk/1264/
20) London Stock Exchange Glossary of Terms http://www.londonstockexchange.com/en-gb/Global/F/glossary/
21) Mackinnon: Terms Used in the Sale of a Business http://www.mackinnoncorporatesales.co.uk/glossary/
22) Mantissa Letters of Credit Glossary http://www.mantissa.co.uk/Main/Glossary/Glos-frameset.htm
23) Moneyextra Dictionary - A to Z of Financial Terms http://www.moneyextra.com/dictionary/
24) Money Terms: Investment and Finance Explained http://moneyterms.co.uk/
25) Numa Dictionary of Derivatives Acronyms http://www.numa.com/ref/acronym.htm
26) Reuters Financial Glossary http://glossary.reuters.com/index.php/Main_Page
27) Scandia Glossary http://www.skandia.co.uk/glossary/index.asp
28) Share Dealing - Jargon Buster http://www.halifax.co.uk/sharedealing/Jargonbuster.asp
29) UK Investment Glossary http://www.investments.co.uk/glossary/investment_glossary.html
30) UK Land Investment Glossary http://www.uklandadvisor.co.uk/glossary.php
31) UK Responsible Investment glossary http://www.axa-im.co.uk/index.cfm?pagepath=aboutaxaim/our_key_strengths/responsibleinvestment/responsibleinvestmentglossary

Real Property

32) Property terms http://www.houseweb.co.uk/house/glossary.html

Trade, Marketing

33) Baltic Exchange Glossary http://www.balticexchange.com/default.asp?action=article&ID=11
34) Freight Services Glossary http://www.networkrail.co.uk/aspx/2232.aspx
35) Glossary of Business Terms http://www.bplans.co.uk/gu/
36) Glossary of sales and selling terms http://www.businessballs.com/salestraining.htm
37) Glossary of Terms used in Public Procurement and Purchasinghttp://www.hillhous.demon.co.uk/glossary.htm
38) International Trade Glossary http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/glossaryAtoZ?alphaKey=A&categoryDisplay=International+trade&categoryId=6000000008
39) IT and E-commerce Glossary http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/glossaryAtoZ?alphaKey=A&categoryDisplay=IT+and+e-commerce&categoryId=6000000031
40) London Trade Group - glossary of finance and international trade terms http://www.londontrade.co.uk/?p=glossary
41) Marketing Glossary http://www.prenhall.com/divisions/bp/app/armstrong/cw/glossary_6.html
42) Sales and Marketing Glossary http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/glossaryAtoZ?alphaKey=A&categoryDisplay=Sales+and+marketing&categoryId=6000001847
43) Sales & Marketing on-line Glossary of Terms. Sticky-Marketing.com http://www.sticky-marketing.net/glossary/index.htm

Taxation

44) HM Revenue and Customs: Glossary http://customs.hmrc.gov.uk/helpPortalWebApp/channelsHelp.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=pageGlossary
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/manuals/commanual/comglossary/comgloss100.htm
45) Tax glossary http://www.payrollcentral.co.uk/taxcentral/home/glossary/default.asp
46) Taxes, Returns and Payrolls Glossary http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/glossaryAtoZ?alphaKey=A&categoryDisplay=Taxes%2C+returns+and+payroll&categoryId=6000000024
47) Yahoo! UK & Ireland Tax glossary http://uk.biz.yahoo.com/tax/glossary.html

Miscellaneous

48) Adaptable Life Insurance Glossary http://www.life-ins.co.uk/glossary/Adaptable-Life-Insurance.html
49) Basic Company Law Terminology http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/layer?r.l2=1073859131&r.l1=1073858805&topicId=1074001935
50) Car Insurance Glossary http://www.carinsurances.co.uk/glossary.html
51) Debt Glossary http://www.debt-glossary.co.uk/
52) Definitions of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Terms and Expressions for England and Wales http://www.insolvencyhelpline.co.uk/info-centre/glossary.htm
53) Employment Glossary http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/glossaryAtoZ?alphaKey=A&categoryDisplay=Employing+people&categoryId=6000000026
54) DFID Glossary & Acronyms http://www.dfid.gov.uk/aboutdfid/glossary.asp
55) Economics A-Z http://www.economist.com/research/Economics/
56) Glossary of Flexible Working and ICT terms http://www.flexibility.co.uk/helpful/glossary.htm
57) Glossary of insolvency terms http://www.insolvency.gov.uk/otherinformation/glossaryofterms.htm
58) Health, Safety and Premises Glossary http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/glossaryAtoZ?alphaKey=A&categoryDisplay=Health%2C+safety+and+premises&categoryId=6000000028
59) Insurance Glossary http://www.myfinances.co.uk/glossary/insurance/
60) Removed
61) Offshore Glossary of Terms http://www.e-offshore.net/glossary.asp
62) Re/Insurance Glossaryhttp://www.iua.co.uk/Content/NavigationMenu/IUAPublicationsLibrary/ReinsuranceGlossary/default.htm
63) Starting up Glossary of Business Terms http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/glossaryAtoZ?alphaKey=A&categoryDisplay=Starting+up&categoryId=6000000020

Monolingual - English (US)
Accounting, Banking, Finance, Investments

64) Accounting Terminology Guide http://www.nysscpa.org/prof_library/guide.htm
65) Accounting Terms http://www.ventureline.com/glossary.asp
66) American Express Glossary of Credit Terms http://home3.americanexpress.com/corp/consumerinfo/glossary.asp
67) AMEX - Dictionary of Financial Risk Management http://www.amex.com/dictionary/frinit.html
68) Banker's Glossary http://www.americanbanker.com/glossary.html
69) Barkley's Comprehensive Financial Glossary http://www.oasismanagement.com/glossary/
70) Campbell R. Harvey's Hypertextual Finance Glossary http://www.duke.edu/~charvey/fintb.htm
http://www.bloomberg.com/invest/glossary/bfglosa.htm
71) Credit Research Foundation's Glossary http://www.crfonline.org/orc/references.asp
72) Credit Report Glossary http://www.101-creditreport.com/glossary.htm
73) Derivatives Dictionary http://margrabe.com/Dictionary.html
74) Dictionary of Financial Scam Terms http://fraudaid.com/Dictionary-of-Financial-Scam-Terms/index.htm
75) Financial Glossary (1) http://www.moneyglossary.com/
76) Financial Glossary (2)http://www.dbc.com/http2_data/glossary.htx?
77) Glossary of Finance Terms http://www.swlearning.com/finance/glossary/glossary.html
78) Glossary of Municipal Bond Terms http://www.emuni.com/glossary.html
79) Investopedia.com: Financial Dictionary http://www.investopedia.com/dictionary/
80) InvestorWords.com - Investing Glossary http://www.investorwords.com/
81) Morgan Stanley Dictionary of Financial Terms http://www.morganstanleyindividual.com/customerservice/dictionary/
82) Nasdaq Stock Market Glossary http://www.nasdaq.com/reference/glossary.stm
83) StockG.com - Glossary http://www.stockg.com/FI_GlossaryA-M.htm
84) Yahoo! Financial Glossary http://biz.yahoo.com/f/g/g.html

Real Estate

85) Assessment Appeals Terminology http://www.sccob.saccounty.net/assess/terminology.html
86) Glossary of mortgage terms http://www.houstonhomeloan.com/glossary.htm
87) Glossary of Real Estate Terms http://www.home-finders-usa.com/gloss/index.htm
88) Mortgage Glossary http://www.cccssacto.org/mortgage/glossary.htm
89) Mortgage Terminology(1) http://www.imortgageguide.com/howtoguides/terminology.aspx
90) Mortgage Terminology(2) http://www.sharonrhodes.com/mortgage_terminology.php
91) Mortgage Terms Glossary http://www.moving.com/Mortgage_and_Finance/Glossary/
92) Real Estate and Mortgage Glossary http://www.pmel.org/RealEstate-Mortgage-Glossary.htm
93) Real Estate and Mortgage Glossary & Definitions http://content.realestateabc.com/glossary/index.htm
94) Real Estate Dictionary http://www.sharonbyrne.com/real-estate-dictionary-glossary_A.asp
95) Real Estate Glossary http://www.rentlaw.com/resglossary.html
96) USA Real Estate License Terms Glossary http://www.usarealestatelicense.com/real-estate-terms-glossary.html

Trade, Marketing

96a) Advertising Terms (Link Kindly Provided by Kimberly Powell) http://www.packnboxnow.com/library/custom_advertising_resources.htm
97) American Marketing Association Dictionary http://www.marketingpower.com/_layouts/Dictionary.aspx

98) BTS Transportation Expressions Dictionary http://www.babylon.com/dictionary/51100/BTS-Transportation-Expressions.html
99) Branding Glossary http://www.jaffeassociates.com/Jaffe/GlossaryBranding.php?&fontSize=up
100) Business Dictionary http://www.importexporthelp.com/a/business-dictionary.htm
101) Chicago Board of Trade – Futures Terminology http://www.cbot.com/cbot/pub/page/0,3181,1059,00.html
102) Deardorff's Glossary of International Economics http://www-personal.umich.edu/~alandear/glossary/
103) eBusiness Terminology http://www.qualitylogoproducts.com/lib/ebusiness-terminology.htm
104) E-Commerce and Marketing Dictionary of Terms http://www.udel.edu/alex/dictionary.html
105) Electronic Commerce Dictionary http://www.tedhaynes.com/haynes1/index.htm
106) Electronic Commerce Glossary http://www.pmel.org/EC-Glossary.htm
107) Futures Glossary http://www.thectr.com/glossaries/english.php
108) Glossary of Common Procurement Terms http://www.mmd.admin.state.mn.us/mn06008.htm
109) Glossary of Marketing Definitions http://www.ifla.org/VII/s34/pubs/glossary.htm
110) Glossary of Shipping Terms(1) http://www.marad.dot.gov/publications/glossary/a.html
111) Glossary of Shipping Terms(2) http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=185271&p=irol-faq
112) Inventory Operations Dictionary http://www.inventoryops.com/dictionary.htm
113) LogisticsWorld Logistics Glossary http://www.logisticsworld.com/logistics/glossary.htm
114) Logistics Integration Dictionary http://www.bestwaytech.com/dictionary/
115) Marketing Terms.com: Internet Marketing Dictionary http://www.marketingterms.com/dictionary/
116) New York Mercantile Exchange Glossary of Terms http://www.nymex.com/media/glossary.pdf
117) Raynet Business Marketing Glossary http://www.babylon.com/dictionary/6002/Raynet-Business-Marketing-Glossary.html
118) Reference Library for Global Trade http://www.tradeport.org/library/index.html
119) Retail Terms & Definitions Glossary http://retailindustry.about.com/od/glossary/Retail_Terms_Definitions_Glossary.htm
120) Salesopedia - Sales and Marketing Glossary http://www.salesopedia.com/component/option,com_glossary/Itemid,28/
121) Taurus Direct Marketing Glossary http://www.billfryer.com/glossary/
122) Trading Glossary http://www.millennium-traders.com/tools/glossary.aspx
123) Transportation Institute Maritime Glossary http://www.trans-inst.org/seawords.htm
124) University of Texas at Austin, Department of Advertising, Terms http://advertising.utexas.edu/research/terms/
125) Washington Post – Glossary of Business Terms http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/business/longterm/glossary/index.htm
126) World Cargo Alliance – Industry Terminology and Acronyms http://www.worldcargoalliance.com/Library/globaldata/terms.htm

Taxation

127) Personal Finance Glossary http://www.mortgageloan.com/finance-glossary
128) Total Tax Solutions - Glossary of Tax and Financial Terms regarding Tax Return Preparation and Filing http://www.totaltaxsolutions.com/glossary.htm
129) Yahoo! Personal Finance Glossary http://finance.yahoo.com/personal-finance/glossary

Miscellaneous

130) BEA Economic Analysis Glossary http://www.babylon.com/dictionary/54482/BEA-Economic-Analysis-Glossary.html
131) Benefits and Compensations Glossaryhttp://www.ifebp.org/Resources/News/ResearchTools/Glossary/default.htm
132) Bernstein's Dictionary of Bankruptcy Terminology http://www.bernsteinlaw.com/publications/bankdict.htm
133) Billing Glossary (Energy Supplies) http://www.xcelenergy.com/XLWEB/CDA/0,3080,1-1-4_4019_14129_18104-12309-2_171_256-0,00.html
134) Bureau of Labor Statistics Glossary http://www.babylon.com/dictionary/48157/Bureau-of-Labor-Statistics-Glossary.html
135) Business Week Online Glossary http://bwnt.businessweek.com/Glossary/home.asp
136) Dictionary Of Mail Order Terms http://www.howtoadvice.com/MailOrderDictionary
137) Dictionary Of Occupational Titles http://www.theodora.com/dot_index.html
138) Dictionary of Small Businesshttp://www.small-business-dictionary.org/
139) Economic glossary http://www.amosweb.com/cgi-bin/awb_nav.pl?s=gls
140) Forecasting Dictionary http://armstrong.wharton.upenn.edu/dictionary/defined%20terms.html
141) Glossary of Anti-Dumping Terms http://ia.ita.doc.gov/glossary.htm
142) Glossary of Federal Reserve Terms http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/ve/library/GFRT.PDF
143) Glossary of New Product Development Terms http://www.pdma.org/npd_glossary.cfm
144) Glossary of Reinsurance Terms http://www.captive.com/service/signetstar/GlosRein.html
145) Health Insurance Glossary http://www.agencyinfo.net/iv/medical/health-glossary.htm
146) Human Resources Glossary http://www.hrvillage.com/hrfaqs/
147) Insurance Glossary http://info.insure.com/glossary.cfm
148) Intermodal Glossary http://www.uprr.com/customers/intermodal/integlos.shtml
149) List of Business Acronyms http://www.investopedia.com/categories/acronyms.asp
150) MBA Jargon Watch http://www.johnsmurf.com/jargon.htm
151) Money-Related Terms http://www.transaction.net/money/glossary.html
152) Mutual Fund Glossary http://www.bluecollardollar.com/mutualglossarya_c.html
153) New Product Development Glossary http://www.npd-solutions.com/glossary.html
154) Quality Dictionary and Glossaryhttp://www.isixsigma.com/dictionary/glossary.asp
155) Quality Management Glossaryhttp://www.9001quality.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=50&Itemid=65
156) Quicken.com Glossary http://www.quicken.com/glossary/
157) Reinsurance Glossary http://www.findalink.net/reinsurance/
158) Risk Glossary http://www.riskglossary.com/
159) Risk Management Glossary http://www.risklimited.net/glossary.htm
160) Standard Industrial Classifications (SIC) Index http://www.theodora.com/sic_index.html
161) Starting a Business - Business Terms Glossary http://www.vtmicrobusiness.org/js_glossary.htm
162) Tangible-Assets: Loan and Mortgage Terms Glossary http://www.docloan.com/loans/loan_terms/Tangible-Assets
163) Terms Used in Compensation and Benefits Administration http://www.eridlc.com/resources/index.cfm?fuseaction=resource.glossary
164) The Complete Glossary of Insurance http://www.coverageglossary.com/lcgroup_explanations.html
165) Trademark Law Glossary http://marklaw.com/trademark-glossary/glossary.htm
166) Travel Industry Dictionary http://www.hometravelagency.com/dictionary/index.html
167) Yahoo Small Business Dictionary http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-dictionary

Monolingual - English (Canada)
Accounting, Banking, Finance, Investments

168) Business Glossary http://www.4hb.com/25a.html
169) Financial Dictionary http://www.financialdictionary.net/
170) Onset Capital Corporation - Glossary http://www.onsetcapital.com/glossary.htm

Trade, Marketing

171) E-Business Glossary http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_mangb/ecomevnt/engdoc/glossary.html
172) Glossary of Maritime Law Terms http://www.mcgill.ca/maritimelaw/glossaries/maritime/
173) Marketing Glossary http://www.marcommwise.com/glossaryindex.phtml
174) PACIFIC Dictionary of International Trade and Business http://pacific.commerce.ubc.ca/ditb/

Miscellaneous

175) Canadian Insolvency Terms http://www.sands-trustee.com/ab.htm
176) Dictionary of Canadian Bankruptcy Terms http://www.bankruptcycanada.com/bankruptcydictionary.htm
177) Glossary of Offshore http://www.unitrustcapital.com/glossary.html
178) ROE Logistic Glossary http://www.roelogistics.com/tools/glossary.html
179) Wideman Comparative Glossary of Project Management Terms http://maxwideman.com/pmglossary/

Monolingual - English (Ireland)
Real Property

180) Mortgage Glossary http://www.homeloans.ie/faq1.asp

Miscellaneous

181) Business 2000 Glossary http://www.business2000.ie/html/resources/glossary/index.htm
182) Incorporation Glossary http://www.formacompany.ie/data/glossary.html

Monolingual - English (Australia)
Accounting, Banking, Finance, Investments

183) ABREMA: Glossary of auditing terms http://www.abrema.net/abrema/in_dex.html
184) International Trade Terms http://www.giagroup.com/terms-of-trade.cfm
185) Oxford Dictionary of Australian Investment Terms http://www.invesco.com.au/web/webdict.nsf/ee6a2e51f97e19934a256786000cb126/2642261c99246f4aca256c5300153308?OpenDocument
186) Sea Freight Council of Queensland – Abbreviations & Acronyms http://www.seafreightcouncils.com.au/abbacron.htm

Monolingual - English (New Zealand)
Taxation

187) Treasury Glossary http://www.treasury.govt.nz/glossary
188) The Language of Money by Edna Carew http://www.anz.com/edna/dictionary.asp

Monolingual - English (Non-English Speaking Countries & International Organisations
Accounting, Banking, Finance, Investments

189) European Central Bank Glossary http://www.babylon.com/dictionary/51119/European-Central-Bank-Glossary.html
190) Glossary of Terms Used in Payment and Settlement Systems (publication of the Bank for International Settlements, Switzerland) http://www.bis.org/publ/cpss00b.pdf
191) UBS Dictionary of Banking http://www.ubs.com/1/e/about/bterms.html

Trade, Marketing

192) Acronyms Used in Trade http://www.rimship.no/sider/liste.html
193) Maritime Industry Acronyms http://www.m-i-link.com/dictionary/default.asp

Miscellaneous

194) Global Organizations and Groups Glossary http://www.finanz-adressen.de/lex-org/lex-org.html
195) Marine Insurance Terms http://www.trafalgar-intl.com/definitions.htm
196) UNODC Money-Laundering Terms http://www.babylon.com/dictionary/50545/UNODC-Money-Laundering-Terms.html

English-Russian
Accounting, Banking, Finance, Investments

197) English-Russian Dictionary of Financial Terms http://dic.academic.ru/library.nsf/efin_dic/
198) GAAP Glossaries http://www.gaap.ru/biblio/glossary/
199) Glossary of International Banking & Finance Acronyms and Abbreviations http://www.foreignword.com/glossary/Russian/banking/defa.htm
200) Rockfeller Magazine - Glossary http://www.k141.ru/dict/slovar_e_a.shtml

Trade, Marketing

201) Translations of English Acronyms Used in Commercial Documents http://stocks.petrovichweb.ru/papers/maillist3/art_ras10.htm

Miscellaneous

202) A.R.T. Business Group: Business vocabulary http://www.a-r-t-group.com/vocabulary.html
203) Economic Indiceshttp://forex.vl.ru/indic.html