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OASDI
oath
oath of allegiance
oath of office
Obamacare
obiter dictum
object
object code
object cost
object linking and embedding (OLE)
object oriented
object oriented architecture
object oriented programming (OOP)
object-oriented analysis
objection
objective
objective budgeting
objective evidence
objective function
objective meaning
objective principle
objective probability
objective risk
objective setting
objective standard
objective theory of contract
objectives and task method
objectives in financial reporting
objectivity
objectivity concept
objectivity principle
objects clause
obligate
obligated balance
obligation
obligation authority
obligation basis of accounting
obligation bond
obligations incurred
obligee
obligor
oblique drawing
obscene
observational research
observer inseparability
obsolescence
obsolescence risk
obsolescent
obsolescent stock
obsolete
obsolete inventory
obsolete stock
obstruction of justice
obstructive response
obtain
occupancy
occupancy agreement
occupancy cost
occupancy phase
occupant
occupation
occupation tax
occupational accident
occupational differentials
occupational disease
occupational environment
occupational exposure limit
occupational family
occupational group
occupational hazard
occupational hygiene
occupational injury
occupational manual
occupational medicine
Occupational Outlook Handbook
occupational pension scheme
occupational psychology
occupational safety
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
occupational stress
occupational therapy
occupied space
occupier
occupier's liability
occurrence
occurrence coverage
occurrence rule
ocean bill of lading (B/L)
Ockham's razor
Octane
Octane number
octet
odd even pricing
odd lot
odd lot dealer
odd lot differential
odds
odor threshold
OECD model tax convention
of record
of the essence
off balance sheet
off balance sheet conduits
off balance sheet financing (OBSF)
off peak
off premise banking
off premises
off season
off size
off spec
off the book
off the job training
off the record
off the shelf item
off time
off-balance sheet asset
off-balance sheet liability
off-book partnership
off-budget federal entities
off-line transaction processing
off-price store
off-sale date
off-site cost
off-source
offense
offensive competitive strategy
offer
offer in compromise (OIC)
offer price
offer to all the world
offeree
offering circular
offeror
office
office audit
office automation
office burglary and robbery policy
office equipment
office equipment expense
office manager
Office of Export Licensing (OEL)
Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC)
Office of Interstate Land Sales
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
Office of the United States Trade Representative
Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS)
office supplies
office supplies expense
office visit
officer
officer of the court
officers and directors liability insurance
official cash rate
Official Development Assistance (ODA)
official interest rate
official receiver
official record
official reserve
official responsibility
official staff commentary
officials
officious bystander test
officious intermeddler
offline
offline connection
offline debit card
offline reader (OLR)
offloading
offset
offset account
offset mortgage
offset printing
offset requirements
offset rider
offsetting balance
offshore
offshore banking unit (OBU)
offshore company
offshore financial center (OFC)
offshore fund
offshore holding company
offshore manufacturing
offshore outsourcing
offshore production
offshore trading company
offshore trust
offshoring
offsite
offsite fabrication
offsite improvements
offsite storage
offtake agreement
Ohm (O)
oil
oil and gas limited partnership
oil and gas lottery
oil country tubular goods (OCTG)
oil economy
oil patch
Oil Pollution Act of 1990
oil port
oil spill
oilfield
Okun gap
Okun's law
old age survivors disability and health insurance (OASDHI)
Old Economy
old line
olf
oligopolistic
oligopolistic competition
oligopolistic environment
oligopoly
oligopsony
Oman Investment Fund
ombudsman
omission
omitted
omitted dividend
omnibus account
omnibus bill
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
omnibus clause
omnibus risk
on account
on behalf of
on board
on board bill of lading
on budget
on cost
on deck
on demand
on demand printing (ODP)
on hand
on margin
on pack premium
on the face
on the fly
on the job training (OJT)
on the record
on the run
on-carriage
on-condition maintenance
on-line rate
on-sale date
oncogenic
one hundred percent inspection
one price policy
one satisfaction rule
one stop shop
one way ticket
one way trip
one-cancels-the-other order
one-off
one-shots
one-time buyer
one-time only addition
one-time only deduction
one-to-one marketing
one-write system
onerous
onerous contract
online
online advertising
online advertising measures
online analytical processing (OLAP)
online banking
online broker
online community
online connection
online corporate reputation
online database
online media
online processing
online shopping
online transaction processing (OLTP)
onshore
onsite
onsite assembly
onsite improvements
onsite sales method
ontology
onus
onus probandi
OODA loop
opaque fare
Oparin bubble theory
OPEC Basket
open
open access
open account
open allotment
open bid
open bidding
open book management (OBM)
open budget
open buying on the internet
open cargo policy
open check
open competitive bidding
open conference
open contract
open corporation
open court
open cover
open credit
open database connectivity (OBDC)
open debit
open distribution
open door policy
open economy
open end
open end contract
open end credit
open end mortgage
open end mutual fund
open ended lease
open ended question
open enrollment period
open entry
Open Financial Exchange (OPX)
open framework
open inflation
open innovation
open insurance policy
open interest
open item
open jaw ticket
open market
open market operations
open market purchasing
open market value
open mortgage
open mouth operations
open operating system
open order
open organization
open perils
open plan
open policy
open position
open procedure
open rate
open rating
open repo
open seating
open shop
open skies treaty
open source
open standard
open storage
open system
open system architecture
Open Systems Interconnection (OSI)
open tender
open ticket
open to buy
open transaction
open water
open-book credit
open-end fund
open-end loan
opening balance
opening balance sheet
opening bell
opening entries
opening stock
openness
operate
operating activities
operating agreement
operating allowance
operating and support cost
operating asset
operating budget
operating capital
operating cash flow
operating cash flow ratio
operating cash flow to sales ratio
operating characteristics (OC) curve
operating company
operating cost
operating cycle
operating effectiveness
operating efficiency
operating environment
operating expenditures
operating expense ratio
operating expenses
operating expenses budget
operating expenses to gross income ratio
operating expenses to gross margin ratio
operating expenses to sales ratio
operating exposure
operating funds
operating income
operating interest
operating lease
operating leverage
operating liabilities
operating loan
operating loss
operating margin
operating netback
operating overhead expense
operating performance ratio
operating plan
operating profit
operating profit margin
operating profit to sales
operating rate
operating ratios
operating revenue
operating risk
operating strategy
operating supplies
operating system (OS)
operating time
operating transfer
operating unit
operation
operation cost target (OCT)
operation of law
operation strategy
operational acceptance
operational assessment
operational audit
operational budget
operational control
operational decisions
operational disciplines
operational effectiveness
operational efficiency
operational excellence
operational expense
operational gearing
operational impact
operational lag
operational meeting
operational objective
operational performance
operational performance management (OPM)
operational plan
operational record
operational research
operational risk
operational strategy
operations
operations audit
operations management
operations metrics
operations research (OR)
operations risk
operations strategy
operative
operative words
operator
opero citato (op cit)
OPEX
opinion
opinion formers
opinion leaders
opinion of counsel
opinion of title
opinion poll
opinion shopping
opportunism
opportunistic behavior
opportunities and threats
opportunity
opportunity analysis
opportunity cost
opportunity cost of capital
opportunity cost of revenue
opportunity fund
opportunity risk
opportunity wage
oppression
Oprah effect
opt in
opt out
optical character recognition (OCR)
optical data storage system (ODSS)
optical media
optimal
optimal capacity
optimal contract
optimal currency area
optimal plant
optimal price
optimal solution
optimal step
optimization
optimized production technology (OPT)
optimum
optimum capacity
option
option buyer
option contract
option date
option fund
option holder
option premium
option price
option seller
option spread
option to renew
optional discharge bill of lading (B/L)
optional dividend
optional modes of settlement
optional product pricing
optional replenishment
optionally renewable
optionee
optioner
or better
or equal
or near offer (ONO)
oral agreement
oral argument
oral communication
oral contract
oral evidence
oral toxicity
oral will
orbit
order
order bill of lading
order book
order card
order cycle time
order entry
order fill
order filling costs
order for account
order fulfillment
order generation costs
order getter
order intake
order lead time
order management
order notify
order of discharge
order of liquidity
order of magnitude
order of permanence
order paper
order parameter
order picking
order point
order point system
order policy
order processing
order processing time
order taker
order ticket
order time
ordering cost
orderly liquidation
orderly liquidation value
Orderly Marketing Agreements (OMA)
ordinal scale
ordinance
ordinary
ordinary agency
ordinary asset
ordinary construction
ordinary course of business
ordinary debts
ordinary income
ordinary interest
ordinary life pension trust
ordinary life policy
ordinary loss
ordinary payroll
ordinary register
ordinary repair
ordinary resolution
ordinary share
ordinate
ore
organic
Organic Act of the Department of Labor
organic farming
organic growth
organic organization
organic pollution
organic reserve replacement
organic sales
organization
Organization and Methods (O&M;)
organization change
organization chart
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Organization of American States (OAS)
Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC)
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
organization theory
organizational
organizational absorption
organizational agility
organizational analysis
organizational behavior
organizational buyers
organizational capability
organizational citizenship
organizational climate
organizational commitment
organizational communication
organizational control
organizational costs
organizational culture
organizational design
organizational development (OD)
organizational economics
organizational effectiveness
organizational goals
organizational knowledge
organizational leadership
organizational learning
organizational management
organizational meeting
organizational memory
organizational objectives
organizational performance
organizational picketing
organizational plan
organizational planning
organizational politics
organizational socialization
organizational strategy
organizational structure
organizational unit
organized
organized crime
organizing
orientation
original
original bill
original bill of lading (B/L)
original cost
original document
original equipment manufacturer (OEM)
original issue discount
original order
original principal balance
originating flight
origination
origination fee
originator
orthographic projection
oscillation
osmosis
ostensible authority
OTC (over-the-counter) bulletin board
other accrued expenses payable
other assets
other comprehensive income
other costs
other current liabilities
other income
other insurance clause
other insured rider
other liabilities
other long-term liabilities
other OTC (over-the-counter)
other people's money (OPM)
Other Post-Employment Benefits (OPEB)
other revenues and expenses
other sources
other structures
ounce
out of area
out of control
out of court settlement
out of gauge
out of inventory
out of order
out of pocket cost
out of pocket expense
out of pocket limit
out of print
out of scope change
out of spec
out of stock
out of the box thinking
out-of-cash-date
out-of-the-money option
outage
outage insurance
outbound
outbound cash flow
outbound logistics
outcome measure
outcomes measurement
outdoor advertising
outflows
outgo
outlay
outlier
outline
outline font
outline of coverage
outline specifications
outpatient
outperform
outplacement
outplant
output
output contract
output device
output effect
output gap
output measure
output standard
output tax
outsourcing
outstanding
outstanding check
outstanding debt
outstanding deposit
outstanding premiums
outstanding shares
outturn
outward collection
outward credit
over and above work
over capitalization
over insured
over pivot rate
over pivot weight
over the counter (OTC)
over the counter (OTC) market
over, short, and damaged (OS&D;)
over-certification
over-collateralization
over-expenditure
over-improvement
over-the-counter drugs
overabsorption
overage
overage insurance
overall market price coverage
overapplied overhead
overapplied overhead costs
overbooking
overbought
overbought/oversold indicator
overcapacity
overcontribution
overdraft
overdraft cap
overdraft facility
overdraft fee
overdraft limit
overdraft protection
overdue
overexposure
overextended
overhang
overhaul
overhead
overhead absorption
overhead budget
overhead expense
overhead expense insurance
overhead rate
overhead ratio
overheating
overinsurance
overlapping debt
overlapping insurance
overlearning
overleveraged
overlie
overload
overnight (O/N)
overnight delivery
overnight delivery risk
overnight rate
overnight repo
overpack
overreaching
override
overriding commission
overrun
Overseas Countries and Territories (OCT)
oversell
overshoot and collapse
overshooting
oversold
overstated
overstates
oversubscribed
oversubscription
oversubscription privilege
oversupply
overt act
overt discrimination
overtime
overtime pay
overtime premium
overtime rate
overtime scheduled
overtrading
overturn
overweight
own price elasticity of demand
own work capitalized
owned receivables
owner
owner financing
owner occupant
owner of record
owner operator
owner's capital account
owner's draw
owner-employee
owners and contractors protective liability policy
owners' equity
owners' withdrawals
owners, landlords, and tenants liability insurance
ownership
ownership in common
ownership interest
ownership of expirations
ownership provision
oxidation
oxidize
oxidizing agent
oxy-acetylene welding
oxygen demanding material
oxygenate
oxygenated fuel
ozone (O3)
ozone depleting substance
ozone depletion
ozone depletion potential (ODP)
ozone hole
ozone layer