In the US, when banks can borrow money from the Federal Reserve at low interest rates.

The amount of income a person is left with after taxes and living essentials, such as food, housing, etc., have been deducted.

A variable tax levied on goods depending from which country they were imported.

Also called Dispatch Advice. A document giving details of goods which have been dispatched or are ready to be dispatched to a customer.

A company’s profits which are available for distribution among shareholders at the end of an accounting period.

An individual or company who buys products, usually from manufacturers, and resells them to retail outlets or direct to customers. A wholesaler.

The act or strategy of growing a business/brand by developing its range of products, services, investments, etc.

In the context of work/organizations, diversity is a business/employment term originating in the late 1900s, referring to the quality of a workforce (and potentially a group of users/customers or audience) as defined by its mixture of people according to ethnicity, race, religion, disability, gender, sexuality, age, etc. The use of the term diversity assumes that […]

In business, divest/divestment refers to a corporation selling subsidiary interests, especially a subsidiary company. (The term derives originally from a more literal meaning of taking power of rights from someone or a body – from the original French desvestir, meaining literally removal of a person’s vest or garment.)

A device to which a notebook computer or a laptop can be connected so it can serve as a desktop computer.