Sentence examples for finance jargon from inspiring English sources

About 30 people ("solicitors" in campaign finance jargon) brought $5,000 each and lunched on sesame-seared salmon and pistachio mousse with the vice president at small tables set up in the Wallachs' living room.

He wanted me to put aside the finance jargon and explain how software could be better at something that allegedly required so much wisdom and judgment.

THERE is more than a hint of science fiction in the new jargon of finance.

Avoiding decision errors would certainly improve our returns, or "add alpha" as jargoned in finance.

The papers, with their emphasis on math and the jargon of academic finance, are, let's face it, pretty incomprehensible.

"The real battle for the bulge bracket is taking place in Europe," said Greg Wright, head of corporate finance for Merrill Lynch, using industry jargon for the biggest banks.

In the oddly euphemistic jargon of international finance, this is known as "burden-sharing," or even more obscurely as "private sector involvement".

The two banks will be required to have "much more capital" and will have their ability to rely on debt financing, (referred to in industry jargon as their leverage ratio) capped for the first time in new regulations that will be introduced in October, the commission's spokesman, Alain Bichsel, told Forbes.com.

Before the crisis hit, it was fairly clear that there was already a relatively small hole in the public finances – a "structural deficit", in the jargon – as the government was getting less in from taxes than it was spending.

What are your favourite (or least favourite, as John says) jargon words in economics and finance?

For most people, Bloomberg is associated with specialised business and finance news reporting, plenty of graphs, as much jargon and lots of attention paid to moving share prices.