a highly liquid debt instrument with maturities of less than three months
certificate of deposit
Noun
a debt instrument issued by a bank
commercial credit
Noun
credit granted by a bank to a business concern for commercial purposes
car loan
Noun
a personal loan to purchase an automobile
continental plan
Noun
a hotel plan that provides a continental breakfast daily
constructive metabolism
Noun
the synthesis in living organisms of more complex substances (e.g., living tissue) from simpler ones together with the storage of energy
convertible security
Noun
a corporate security (usually bonds or preferred stock) that can be exchanged for another form of security (usually common stock)
cost ledger
Noun
ledger showing the accumulated costs classified in various ways
control account
Noun
an account that shows totals of amounts entered in a subsidiary ledger
credit entry
Noun
an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items
credit side
Noun
account of payments received
cash basis
Noun
a method of accounting in which each item is entered as payments are received or made
cold cash
Noun
money in the form of cash that is readily available
corrasion
Noun
erosion by friction
carry-forward
Noun
the accumulated and undivided profits of a corporation after provision has been made for dividends and reserves
compensating balance
Noun
a minimum credit balance that a bank may require a borrower to keep on deposit as a condition for granting a loan
certificate of indebtedness
Noun
a written promise to repay a debt
checkbook
Noun
a book issued to holders of checking accounts
calcification
Noun
a process that impregnates something with calcium (or calcium salts)
calcification
Noun
an inflexible and unchanging state
calcification
Noun
tissue hardened by deposition of lime salts
chequebook
Noun
a book issued to holders of checking accounts
call loan
Noun
a loan that is repayable on demand
calcination
Noun
the conversion of metals into their oxides as a result of heating to a high temperature
calving
Noun
giving birth to a calf
carbonation
Noun
saturation with carbon dioxide (as soda water)
commercial paper
Noun
an unsecured and unregistered short-term obligation issued by an institutional borrower to investors who have temporarily idle cash
carbon cycle
Noun
a thermonuclear reaction in the interior of stars
carbon cycle
Noun
the organic circulation of carbon from the atmosphere into organisms and back again
carbonization
Noun
the destructive distillation of coal (as in coke ovens)
carbonisation
Noun
the destructive distillation of coal (as in coke ovens)
consumer loan
Noun
a loan that establishes consumer credit that is granted for personal use
carriage return
Noun
the operation that prepares for the next character to be printed or displayed as the first character on a line
catabiosis
Noun
normal aging of cells
catabolism
Noun
breakdown in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones together with release of energy
catalysis
Noun
acceleration of a chemical reaction induced the presence of material that is chemically unchanged at the end of the reaction
contact action
Noun
acceleration of a chemical reaction induced the presence of material that is chemically unchanged at the end of the reaction
caries
Noun
soft decayed area in a tooth
cell division
Noun
the process in reproduction and growth by which a cell divides to form daughter cells
cellular division
Noun
the process in reproduction and growth by which a cell divides to form daughter cells
caenogenesis
Noun
introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution)
cainogenesis
Noun
introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution)
cenogenesis
Noun
the introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species, such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution
centrifugation
Noun
the process of separating substances of different densities by the use of a centrifuge
chain reaction
Noun
a series of chemical reactions in which the product of one is a reactant in the next
chain reaction
Noun
a self-sustaining nuclear reaction
chelation
Noun
the process of forming a ring by forming one or more hydrogen bonds