thegoodfellas/blogset-br huggingface dataset:
The Daily Official List - The daily record setting out the prices of shares that are traded on a stock exchange.Damage Limitation - The process of trying to limit or curtail the amount of damage or loss caused by a particular situation or event.Dark Net - A term for online private websites and networks concealed from and inaccessible to unauthorised users in which materials are shared, normally illegally and anonymously.Daughter Company - A company that is controlled partly or completely by a holding or parent company.Dawn Raid - A sudden planned purchase of a large number of a company's shares at the beginning of a days trading on the stock exchange.Day Player - In the entertainment industry, actors, etc., who are hired by the day.Deadbeat - A person or company who tries to avoid paying their debts.Dead Cat Bounce - A derogatory term used on the stock exchange to describe a huge decline in the value of a stock, usually a share, which is immediately followed by a temporary rise in price before continuing to fall. From: "Even a dead cat will bounce if it falls from a great height".Dear Money - Also known as Tight Money. When money is difficult to borrow, and if a loan is secured then it would be paid back at a very high rate of interest.Debenture - Unsecured certified loan over a long period of time with a fixed rate, based on the trust that payment will be made in the future.Debriefing - A meeting or interview in which a person or group of people report about a task or mission just completed or attempted.Debt - Money owed to another person or organisation, such as a loan, mortgage, etc., which is required to be paid back, usually with interest.Debt-Equity Swap - An arrangement between a lender and a debtor, usually a company, in which the lender agrees to reduce the debt in exchange for newly issued shares from the borrower.Debt Exposure - Money that a lender risks losing if the borrower fails to pay it back.Decertification - In employment this refers specifically to action taken by workers to disassociate themselves from a trade union which previously represented them. Aside from this the general meaning refers to withdrawal of certification of one sort or another. Decision Consequence Analysis - A process for helping decision makers, usually in the pharmaceutical and petroleum exploration industries, decide where resources such as time, money, etc., should be invested.Decision Tree - A diagram which starts with an initial decision, and possible strategies and actions are represented by branches which lead to the final outcome decided upon.Deed Of Partnership - A legal document which sets out how a partnership is to be run, and also the rights of the partners. A Deed Of Partnership is not compulsory but it helps to avoid any misunderstandings or disputes in the future.Deep Throat - In business, an anonymous source of top secret information. First used in this sense in the reporting of the US Watergate scandal.Deep Web - Also known as the Invisible Web, said to
etc., directly to individual potential customers by sending them catalogues, leaflets, brochures, etc., by mail (including e-mail), calling them on the telephone or calling door-to-door.Director - A person appointed to oversee and run a company or organisation along with other directors, In the entertainment industry, the person who directs the making of a film, TV program, etc.Directives - At an official level, directives are instructions, guidelines or orders issued by a governing or regulatory body. They may amount to law. In a less formal way a directive equates to an instruction issued by an executive or manager or organizational department.Direct Overhead - A portion of the overheads, e.g. lighting, rent, etc., directly associated with the production of goods and services.Dirty Money - Money made from illegal activities which needs 'laundering' so that it appears to be legitimate. Disability Discrimination Act - An Act of Parliament passed in Britain in 1995 which promotes the civil rights of disabled people and protects them from discrimination in employment, education, renting property, access to transport, etc.Disburse - To pay out money from a large fund, e.g. a treasury or public fund. Discount Loan - A loan on which the finance charges and interest is paid before the borrower receives the money.Discount Window - In the US, when banks can borrow money from the Federal Reserve at low interest rates.Discretionary Income - The amount of income a person is left with after taxes and living essentials, such as food, housing, etc., have been deducted.Discretionary Order - Permits a broker to buy or sell shares on behalf of an investor in order to get the best price.Discriminating Duty - A variable tax levied on goods depending from which country they were imported.Dispatch Note - Also called Dispatch Advice. A document giving details of goods which have been dispatched or are ready to be dispatched to a customer.Distributable Profit - A company's profits which are available for distribution among shareholders at the end of an accounting period.Distributer - An individual or company who buys products, usually from manufacturers, and resells them to retail outlets or direct to customers. A wholesaler.Diversification - The act of growing a business by enlarging or varying its range of products, services, investments, etc.Dividend - A portion of profits paid by a company to its shareholders.Docking Station - A device to which a notebook computer or a laptop can be connected so it can serve as a desktop computer.Document Sharing - Used in video-conferencing. A system which allows people in different places to view and edit the same document at the same time on their computers.Dog - An informal slang term for an investment which has shown a poor performance. The slang term dog may also refer to other poor-performing elements within a business, for example a product or service within a company range, as in the widely used 'Boston Matrix'. Dollar-Cost Averaging - Known in the UK as Pound-Cost Averaging. The practice of investing a fixed amount of money at fixed times in particular shares, whatever their price. A higher share price means less
shares are purchased and a lower share price means more shares can be purchased.Dolly - In the entertainment industry, a piece of equipment on wheels which allows the camera to move smoothly for long walking shots.Double - In the film and TV industry, a person who stands in, or is substituted, for a principal actor.Double-Blind - A method of testing a new product, usually medicine, in which neither the people trying the product nor those administering the treatment know who is testing the real product and who has been given a placebo containing none of the product.Double-dip recession - A recession during which there is a brief period of economic growth, followed by a slide back into recession.Double-dipping - The practice, usually regarded as unethical, of receiving two incomes or benefits from the same source, for example receiving a pension and consultancy income from the same employer.Double-Entry Bookkeeping - An accounting method which results in balanced ledgers, i.e., for every transaction a credit is recorded in one account and a debit is recorded in another. Double Indemnity - A clause in a life insurance policy where the insurance company agrees to pay double the face value of the policy in the event of accidental death.Doula - A birthing or labour coach, from the greek word doule, meaning female slave.Drayage - The fee charged for, or the process of, transporting goods by lorry or truck.Drip Advertising - An advertising campaign in small amounts over a long period of time to ensure that the public is continually aware of a product or service.Drum-Buffer-Rope - A method, usually in manufacturing, which ensures an efficient flow of work in a production process by taking into consideration any possible delays or problems which may occur.Duopoly - Two companies, or a situation, in which both companies control a particular industry.Dutch Auction - A type of auction which opens with a high asking price which is then lowered until someone accepts the auctioneers price, or until the sellers reserve price has been reached.Dystopia - The opposite of Utopia, a society in which conditions are characterised by human misery, depirvation, squalor, disease, etc. The term is said to have been coined by by John Stuart Mill in 1868 in a UK House of Commons speech criticizing government's Irish land policy.
Back-End Load - A fee or commission paid by an individual when they sell their shares in an investment fund.Back Shift - A group of workers or the period worked from late afternoon until late at night in an industry or occupation where there is also a day shift and a night shift.Backscratching - Informal term for reciprocity or returning favours, as in the term 'you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours'.Back-To-Back Loan - A loan in which two companies in separate countries borrow each other's money at the same time for a specific period at an agreed upon interest rate.Back with Music - In the entertainment business, films, TV, etc., dialogue which is spoken over music.Bait-and-Switch - In retail sales, when customers are lured by advertisements for a product at a low price, then find that the product is not available but a more expensive substitute is.Balance Sheet - A financial statement of an individual, company or organisation, which shows assets and liabilities (money owed) at a specific date. Balloon - Describes a long term loan in which there is a large final payment when the loan matures.Bandwidth - In computing, the amount of information that can be transmitted through a communication channel over a given period of time, usually measured in 'bits per second' (bps).Bancassurance - The selling of both insurance and banking services, usually by a major bank.Bankers Hours - A short working day, often with a long lunch break.Bank Loan - A loan made by a bank to an individual, company, etc., for a fixed term, to be repaid with interest.Bank Run - Lots of sudden and heavy cash withdrawals at the same time from a bank or banks, because customers believe the banks may become insolvent.Barista - A person who is a professional speciality coffee maker, for example, cappuccino, latte, espresso, etc.Base 2 - Also known as the binary system, which is the basis of computer logic. Normal counting is based on 0-9. Binary just has 0-1, which means a new column is started after two, not nine. Binary counting does not go 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. It goes 0, 1, 10, 11, 100, 101, etc. Other than for computing it's not very practical. Bean Counter - An informal derogatory term for an accountant, especially one who is perceived or suggested to be overly concerned about expenditure detail.Beanfeast - Also known as a beano - an annual party, dinner, or outing given by an employer for its employees. Bear Market - In the stock market a period of declining prices in which investors continue selling shares, expecting the prices to fall further.Bear Raid - The practice, in the stock market, of attempting to push the price of a stock lower by selling in large numbers and often spreading unfavourable rumours about the company concerned.Behemoth - A large and powerful organisation. (originally from Hebrew, behemot - beast)Bells and Whistles - Extra features added often more for show than function, especially on computers, cameras, etc., to make the product more attractive to buyers.Below The Line - BTL.
US military slang (brown-nose). Brown-nosing describes crawling or creeping to please a boss; an amusingly disturbing interpretation of various expressions which juxtapose the head of the follower with the backside of the boss, as in the rude slang metaphors: kissing arse/ass, arse-licking, bum-licker, etc. Bubble Economy - An unstable boom when the economy experiences an unusually rapid growth, with rising share prices and increased employment.Budget - Allocation of funds or the estimation of costs for a department, project, etc., over a specific period. The management of spending and saving money.Built To Flip - Companies which have been sold soon after they have been created, so that money can be made quickly.Bullet Point - A symbol, e.g. a dot or a square, printed at the beginning of each item on a list.Bull Market - On the Stock Market, a prolonged period in which share prices are rising and investors are buying.Business Angel - Also known as Private Investor. A, usually wealthy, individual who invests money in developing (often high risk) companies, and who provides their advice, skills, knowledge and contacts in return for an equity share of the business.Business Plan - A written document which sets out a business's plans and objectives, and how it will achieve them, e.g. by marketing, development, production, etc.Business To Business - B2B. Commercial transactions or activities between businesses.Business To Consumer - Transactions in which businesses sell goods and/or services to end consumers or customers.Button Ad - A small advertisement on a website, typically measuring 120 x 90 pixels.Buy-in - Purchase of a company where outside investors buy more than 50% of the shares, so they can take over the company.Buzzword - A word or phrase which has become fashionable or popular, or sounds technical or important and is used to impress people.
Hacker - Someone who breaks into or 'hacks' into the secure computer systems of an organization, especially websites and online systems, using online connection, often just as a technical challenge, or potentially with intent to steal, destroy, vandalise information, websites, etc.Haggle - Negotiate with someone over the price of something until an agreeably mutual price is reached.Hall Test - A term used when a group of people are gathered together at a particular location and asked to take part in market research.Handbill - A small printed advertisement, usually on one sheet, often given out to people by hand.Hands-Free - Term used when a telephone can be used without having to be held in the hand.Hands-Off - A term often applied to managers who do not directly participate when dealing with a situation in the workplace by letting the people involved decide what they want to do.Hard Selling - An aggressive type of selling which puts a lot of pressure on a prospective customer to buy a product or a service.Harvesting - A term used when a product is still being sold, although it is no longer being invested in, prior to being withdrawn from the market.Hashtag - A type of tag used on the social networking website Twitter and similar short messaging systems, sao that a word preceded by the hash symbol (#) may be found subsequently or otherwise organized, analyzed, displayed, etc. Hawthorne Effect - Specifically the inclination of a group of workers to change their behaviour positively because they were being studied, irrespective of whether they were subjected to 'positive' or 'negative' conditions. First observed in studies by Elton Mayo at the Western Electric plant in Chicago, beginning 1928. The Hawthorne Effect basically established that attitude was more influenced by emotional rather than economic factors. See Hawthorne Effect summary.Headhunt - To find a person who is specialised in a particular job, usually for a senior position in a company, and then persuade them to leave their present employment.Health And Safety - Concerned with the protection of employees from risks and dangers in the workplace.Health And Safety At Work Act - HSWA. In Britain, a 1974 act of Parliament which regulates and reinforces the health, safety and welfare of employees in the workplace.Heatseeker - A person who, without fail, always buys the most up to date version of an existing product as soon as it comes onto the market.Hedge Fund - A type of investment fund, which is unregulated and usually very high risk, used by individuals and organisations (not the general public) with large amounts of money to invest.High Net Worth - Term which describes a rich individual or family who have investable assets of $1million or more, but this can vary. A person with more than $50million is classed as Ultra High Net Worth. (as at 2009)Hire Purchase - HP. A contract between a buyer and seller in which the buyer takes possession of an item and then pays for it in regular instalments, usually monthly, and does not become the owner of the item until the final payment
has been made. Also referred to as 'Buying on the never-never'.Holding Company - A company which is formed for owning and holding controlling shares in other companies.Hole in The Wall - An informal term for a cash dispensing machine, also called an ATM (automated teller machine).Horizontal Integration - The joining together of businesses which produce similar goods or offer similar services, or are involved in the same stage of activities, such as production or selling. Hot Desking - In an office, the practise of having a pool of desks, which are usually equipped with phone and computer links, so that workers can use them when they are required, rather than having their own individual desk.Hothouse/Hothousing - Informal term for an intense development environment or method, or the verb equivalent, typically applied to training people or developing ideas or ventures; a metaphor alluding to a heated greenhouse for growing plants.Human Resources - HR. The people who are employed by and operate a business or organisation. The department within a company which deals with recruitment, training, employee benefit, etc.Hunt and Peck - Inexpert slow typing on a keyboard using only one or two fingers.Hushmail - An internet service offering encypted email, file storage, etc.Hush Money - A bribe or payment, which is often illegal, given to someone to stop them from disclosing information, usually to prevent bad publicity or to hide a crime.Hyperbole - (Pronounced 'hy-per-bollee' - emphasis on the 'per' syllable) - Hyperbole is an extreme and figurative exaggeration or overstatement, which in strict grammatical terms is not generally expected to be taken seriously or interpreted literally, for example, "I've been waiting for ever for a bus," and yet where hyperbole is used for motivational or persuasive effect in business or politics, the technique very often intends to convey maximum impact on an audience, for example, "You'll never have another opportunity like this..." The word derives ultimately from the Greek root words: huper, over, and ballein, to throw.Hyperinflation - An extraordinarily high rate of economic inflation during which a country's prices rise and currency loses its value uncontrollably in a vicious cycle, usually occurring during severe political instability or war. Normally inflation is measured in terms of a few percentage points increase per year - typically below 10% and sometimes approaching 20%. By contrast hyperinflation may be at a rates of tens of percentage points increase per month, and in extreme rare cases hundreds of percentage points per month. In this event, where prices can be doubling and currency values halving every few weeks (or days, in very rare situations), a country is forced to issue new banknote denominations of ludicrously high values, and within living memory news stories have featured workers collecting their wages in wheelbarrows.
Gaffer - In the entertainment industry, a member of a film crew who handles the lighting equipment.Gagging Clause - A clause in an employment contract which prevents an employee from disclosing certain information about the company to the press, union officers, etc.Gagging Order - A legal order issued by a court to prevent the public reporting of a court case.Gainsharing - Also called profit sharing. An incentive system which enables employees to have a share in a company's profits.Game Theory - Sometimes called Games Theory, this is a potentially highly complex branch of mathematics increasingly found in business which uses the analysis of competing strategies (of for example market participants) and their effects opon each other to predict and optimise outcomes and results. Relates strongly to cause and effect and chaos theory. Game Theory may also arise in military strategy.Gantt Chart - Developed by Henry Gantt in 1917. A type of bar chart which illustrates the scheduled and completed work of a project. It shows start and finish dates, compares work planned to work done and tracks specific tasks.Gap Analysis - Enables a company to assess the gap between its actual performance and its potential performance, by comparing what skills, products, etc. are available to what is required to improve performance, output, etc.Garden Leave - Also called Gardening Leave. Term used when an employee's contract has been terminated but they are instructed by the company to stay away from work, on full pay, during their notice period. Often to prevent them from working for competitors during that time.Garnish - To take part of someone's wages, by law, to pay their debts, e.g. child support, alimony.Gatekeeper - A person in an organisation who controls access to the people in the organisation, and/or controls access to information or goods.Gazelle - A US term for a fast growing company that creates a lot of job opportunities, and which has grown by at least 20% in the last four years.Gazump - In selling and buying property, a term used to describe when a purchaser has an offer accepted by the vendor but is then gazumped because someone else makes the vendor a higher offer which the vendor then accepts instead of the first person's offer.Geek Speak - Technical language often used by computer experts which doesn't make sense to non-technical people.General Creditor - A person or company that lends unsecured money, so that the creditor is unlikely to recover much of the loan if the debtor goes bankrupt or does not pay it back.Generalist - A person who has a broad general knowledge at a high level, and/or many skills. General Strike - Widespread withdrawal of labour by a nation's workforce, which aims at bringing the country to a standstill because of a disagreement over pay and/or working conditions. - Generation X - A term used for people born during the 1960s and 1970s, who are often described as disaffected and irresponsible.Gerontocracy - A government or political system which is ruled by old men (elders).Get All Your Ducks In A Row - A term for getting