British/American Financial Terms
This page shows British and American financial terms typically used in business, which you can also find in the EnglishClub ebook Essential Business Words.
| British | American |
|---|---|
| Annual General Meeting (AGM) | Annual Stockholders Meeting |
| Articles of Association | Bylaws |
| authorised share capital | authorized capital stock |
| barometer stock | bellwether stock |
| base rate | prime rate |
| bonus or capitalisation issue | stock dividend or stock split |
| bridging loan | bridge loan |
| building society | savings and loan association |
| cheque | check |
| company | corporation |
| creditors | accounts payable |
| current account | checking account |
| debtors | accounts receivable |
| gilt-edged stock (gilts) | Treasury bonds |
| labour | labor |
| Memorandum of Association | Certificate of Incorporation |
| merchant bank | investment bank |
| ordinary share | common stock |
| overheads | overhead |
| profit and loss account | income statement |
| property | real estate |
| quoted company | listed company |
| retail price index (RPI) | consumer price index (CPI) |
| share | stock |
| share premium | paid-in surplus |
| shareholder | stockholder |
| shareholders' equity | stockholders' equity |
| stock | inventory |
| trade union | labor union |
| unit trusts | mutual funds |
| visible trade | merchandise trade |