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Corporate finance & metrics vocabulary

Words for corporate finance & metrics, each with its meaning in English and Hindi, how to say it, a sentence that shows it in use, and what to say instead or the opposite.

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bankruptcy

/BANGK-ruhpt-see/

The legal process for a person or company that cannot repay what it owes.

दिवालियापन; कर्ज़ चुका न पाने की कानूनी प्रक्रिया

“Bankruptcy is a process with rules, not simply the moment the money runs out.”

Synonyms: insolvency, liquidation, receivership, financial ruin

Antonyms: solvency, profitability, financial health, liquidity

budget

/BUHJ-it/

A financial plan setting out expected income and spending over a period.

बजट; आय और व्यय की नियोजित रूपरेखा

“The budget survived until the first week of the quarter, as budgets tend to.”

Synonyms: financial plan, allocation, spending plan, allowance

Antonyms: overspend, deficit, blank cheque, unlimited spend

invoice

/IN-voys/

A document listing goods or services supplied and requesting payment for them.

चालान; दी गई वस्तु या सेवा के भुगतान की माँग का पत्र

“Send the invoice with a purchase order number or finance will not pay it.”

Synonyms: bill, statement, demand for payment, account

Antonyms: receipt, proof of payment, credit note, refund

IPO

/eye-pee-OH/

Initial public offering: the first sale of a private company's shares to the public.

प्रारंभिक सार्वजनिक निर्गम; निजी कंपनी के शेयरों की पहली सार्वजनिक बिक्री

“The IPO turned a founder's paper wealth into something a bank would lend against.”

Synonyms: flotation, public listing, going public, share offering

Antonyms: private placement, buyout, delisting, take-private

KPI

/kay-pee-EYE/

Key performance indicator: a measurable number used to judge how well something is going.

मुख्य निष्पादन सूचक; प्रदर्शन आँकने वाला मापनीय आँकड़ा

“Every KPI on that dashboard went up while the business quietly lost money.”

Synonyms: performance measure, metric, benchmark, success indicator

Antonyms: hunch, anecdote, vanity number, guesswork

market share

/MAR-kit shair/

The portion of total sales in a market that one company holds.

बाज़ार हिस्सेदारी; कुल बिक्री में कंपनी का अनुपात

“Winning market share by discounting is easy; holding it at full price is not.”

Synonyms: share of market, market position, penetration, slice of the market

Antonyms: market loss, erosion, decline, displacement

profit

/PROF-it/

What is left of income once every cost has been deducted from it.

लाभ; सारी लागत घटाने के बाद बचा हुआ धन

“Profit is an opinion until the cash arrives; income is only the first half.”

Synonyms: earnings, surplus, net income, gain

Antonyms: loss, deficit, shortfall, write-off

quarter

/KWOR-tuhr/

A three-month period used for financial reporting and planning.

तिमाही; वित्तीय वर्ष का तीन महीने का खंड

“Everything slips to the next quarter until that quarter is the one being reported.”

Synonyms: three months, reporting period, fiscal quarter, trading period

Antonyms: full year, annum, decade, single month

ROI

/aar-oh-EYE/

Return on investment: what was gained compared with what was spent to get it.

निवेश पर प्रतिफल; लगाए गए धन की तुलना में मिला लाभ

“The ROI case was strong until someone costed the team's own time into it.”

Synonyms: return, payback, yield, profitability ratio

Antonyms: loss, write-off, sunk cost, negative return

risk management

/risk-MAN-ij-muhnt/

Identifying what could go wrong, judging how badly, and acting to reduce it.

जोखिम प्रबंधन; संभावित खतरों को पहचानकर उन्हें घटाना

“Risk management is not a document; it is the decision not to ship on a Friday.”

Synonyms: risk control, mitigation, exposure management, contingency planning

Antonyms: recklessness, negligence, gambling, wilful blindness

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