alpha risk and beta risk — Risks that occur in the sampling procedure undertaken by an auditor. An auditor may reject a population that should have been accepted (alpha risk) or accept it when it should have been rejected (beta risk). See: audit risk, sample … Accounting dictionary
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BETA ISRAEL — BETA ISRAEL, ethno religious group in Ethiopia which claims to be of Jewish origin and which is attached to a form of the Jewish religion based on the Bible, certain books of the Apocrypha, and other post biblical Scripture; living in the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Beta Theta Pi — ΒΘΠ Founded August 8, 1839 (1839 08 08) (172 years ago) Miami University, (Oxford, Ohio) … Wikipedia
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Risk arbitrage — Risk arbitrage, or merger arbitrage, is an investment or trading strategy often associated with hedge funds. Two principal types of merger are possible: a cash merger, and a stock merger. In a cash merger, an acquirer proposes to purchase the… … Wikipedia
beta carotene — n. a yellowish form of carotene: a dietary deficiency of this is associated with a greater risk of certain cancers … English World dictionary
Beta (finance) — The beta coefficient, in terms of finance and investing, describes how the expected return of a stock or portfolio is correlated to the return of the financial market as a whole. [cite book last = Levinson first = Mark year = 2006 title = Guide… … Wikipedia
