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Definition: An investing approach where, instead of investing all of your money at one time, you invest a portion of it every so often, such as once per month.

Definition: The percentage of a corporation’s earnings (aka profits) per share that it pays to its shareholders.

Definition: A payment of a portion of a corporation’s profits to its shareholders who are, after all, the owners. Dividend payments, usually made quarterly, must be approved by the Board of Directors.

Definition: A bond whose market value has fallen below the amount the investor initially loaned to the company in return for receiving the bond. The loan amount goes by many names, including face value and par value, and is usually $1,000. See Bond for an important introduction to bonds. This term may also be used

Definition: The decrease that a buyout of another company will have on the acquiring company’s earnings per share.

Definition: The lessening of ownership that a corporation’s shareholders suffer when it issues new shares to new shareholders.

Definition: A business expense a company records to reflect the drop in the value of the company’s equipment that occurs as the equipment is used.

Discussed under: Deflation.

Definition: The steady drop over a period of years in the prices of goods, services and wages.

Discussed under: Double declining balance.