A stipend is a preset amount of money paid to trainees, interns, and students to help offset expenses. 

Just-in-time inventory system is a management strategy where raw-material are ordered from suppliers directly according to production schedules.

Just in case is an inventory strategy where companies keep large inventories on hand to minimize the probability to be sold out of stock.

Distribution in financial world has several meanings, most of them are dealing with payment of assets from a fund, account, or individual security to an investor or beneficiary.

Disintermediation is the process of removing the middleman from transactions. In finance, it refers to withdrawal of funds from intermediary financial institutions like banks and loan associations, to invest these funds directly.

Investment horizon is the total time that an investor wants or expects to hold a security or a portfolio.

An investment thesis aims to make an abstract idea into a valid investment strategy. 

A clawback is a contractual obligation where money paid to an employee must be returned to an employer, sometimes even with a penalty.

Cook the books is a slang term for used to describe a process of making a company's financial results look better than they are in reality. 

Golden cross is a candlestick pattern the can serve as a signal in which a short-term moving average crosses above bullish long-term moving average.

A gazelle company is a company that has been increasing its profits by at least 20% annually for four years or more, beginning the growth with a revenue of at least $1 million.

Unofficial strike is union members seizing their work without endorsement from the union and that does not follow legal requirements for the strike. 

Uneconomic growth is economic growth that has negative effect on the society which can become a reason for overall quality of life reducing.

An event study is an analysis performed on a security. It examines the impact of a significant catalyst occurrence on the price of that security.

An exit strategy is a contingency plan executed by an investor, trader, venture capitalist, or business owner when liquidating a position or a trade once certain criteria has been met or exceeded.

Moral suasion is persuasion of a person or a group to act in a certain way through persuasion or threats. In economics, it is used in reference to central banks.

Mass customization is the process of producing and delivering wide-market goods and services modified for a group of specific customers’ needs.

Market depth is market's ability to serve large market orders without ever altering the price of the security. 

A mature industry is an industry that passed both emerging and growth phases of industry growth.

The gross rate of return is the total rate of return on an investment before the of any fees, commissions, or expenses are deducted.