Business Terms

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year-end: relating to the end of a financial or fiscal (tax) year.

yield: a percentage of the amount invested that is the annual income from an investment

zero-balance account: a bank account that does not hold funds continuously, but has money automatically transferred into it from another account when claims arise against it

zero-fund: to assign no money to a business project without actually canceling it