non-financial asset — UK US (also nonfinancial asset) noun [C] ► ACCOUNTING, FINANCE a physical asset such as property or a machine, rather than money, shares, bonds, etc.: »Through a program of cost cutting and the sale of non financial assets, the bank has recovered … Financial and business terms
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money market — the short term trade in money, as in the sale and purchase of bonds and certificates. [1925 30] * * * Set of institutions, conventions, and practices whose aim is to facilitate the lending and borrowing of money on a short term basis. The money… … Universalium
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