accountant accounting allowable annuity appropriate appropriation asset asset stripping audit auditor backdate bail-out balance sheet bankroll base rate bond breakeven buoy buoyancy buoyant buyout capitalize carry-over cash flow cashless certified public accountant compensate compound compound interest comptroller controller cooling-off period cost CPA credit(n) credit(v) divestment dollars-and-cents down payment due earn economic equity ERM ex gratia failure figure finance financial year financier fixed assets fixed costs FY gross grubstake holding holding company index-linked inherit inheritance injection International Monetary Fund invest investment investor leaseback ledger lending rate leverage liquidity mature maturity net(a) net(v) non-payment option outflow pawn pension fund pension plan petrodollars portfolio poundage premium bond principal private income proceeds property pro rata prorate purse p.w. rate of return real rebound receiver receivership recoup recuperate remit remittance rent rental rent-free repatriate resource retainer retirement plan return(v) return(n) revenue ruin saving sinking fund siphon speculate speculation speculative squeeze sublet subsidize subsidy subvention term total transfer trust trustee trusteeship trust fund undercapitalized undercharge underfunded war chest weak working capital write-off