Financial words

12 Investing in retirement plans terms

This is a lot of words in the financial world.

Amortization
The action or process of gradually writing off the initial cost of an asset.
fr: Amortissement
Asset
Property owned by a person or company, regarded as having value and available to meet debts, commitments, or legacies. "growth in net assets"
fr: Actif
Bid
Offer (a certain price) for something, especially at an auction.
fr: Offre
Borrow
Take and use (something that belongs to someone else) with the intention of returning it.
fr: Emprunteur
Currency
A system of money in general use in a particular country.
fr: Devise
Dividend
A sum of money paid regularly (typically quarterly) by a company to its shareholders out of its profits (or reserves).
fr: Dividende
Liability
Refers to the state of being responsible for something, and this term can refer to any money or service owed to another party.
fr: Passif
Loan
A thing that is borrowed, especially a sum of money that is expected to be paid back with interest.
fr: Prêt
Overdraft
A deficit in a bank account caused by drawing more money than the account holds.
fr: Découvert bancaire
Savings
An economy of or reduction in money, time, or another resource.
fr: Économies
Stockholder
A person, company, or institution that owns at least one share of a company's stock, known as equity.
fr: Actionnaire
Yield
Refers to the earnings generated and realized on an investment over a particular period of time.
fr: Taux de rendement