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11Zero-based budgeting — is a technique of planning and decision making which reverses the working process of traditional budgeting. In traditional incremental budgeting, departmental managers justify only increases over the previous year budget and what has been already …
12zero — [zir′ō, zē′rō] n. pl. zeros or zeroes [Fr zéro < It zero < Ar ṣifr,CIPHER] 1. the symbol or numeral 0, representing the complete absence of any quantity or magnitude 2. the point, marked 0, from which positive or negative quantities are… …
13Zero stroke — or cipher stroke was a term used to describe a mental disorder reportedly diagnosed by physicians in Germany under the Weimar Republic and which was caused by hyperinflation that occurred in the early 1920s. The disorder was primarily… …
14zero coupon bonds — are corporate or municipal debt securities that trade at a deep discount from the face value, as the bond pays no interest to the bondholders during its lifetime. Exchange Handbook Glossary Zero coupon bonds are corporate or municipal debt… …
15zero-coupon bonds — are corporate or municipal debt securities that trade at a deep discount from the face value, as the bond pays no interest to the bondholders during its lifetime. Exchange Handbook Glossary Zero coupon bonds are corporate or municipal debt… …
16Zero growth — is a theory that all economic activities and policies should be oriented towards achieving a state of equilibrium, a steady state. The theory asserts that the continuous growth model is inherently unstable resulting in a boom/bust cycle, and that …
17Zero-risk bias — occurs when individuals value complete elimination of a risk, however small, to a reduction in a greater risk which is a greater reduction but which does not eliminate that risk entirely. Individuals may prefer small benefits that are certain to… …
18Zero-level elevation — Zero elevation surface is a widely accepted vertical reference point that is used to describe a surface, such as that of a planet. The value of this datum is usually adopted by statute. This elevation is used, for example, to build a texture map… …
19zero coupon bonds — Bonds on which no interest is payable. The principal and the interest are paid at the maturity date. Such bonds will be issued and traded at a substantial discount to the face value. Related links coupon deep discount security/deep discount bond …
20zero-coupon — [zi′rōko͞o΄pän, zē′rōko͞o΄pän] adj. designating or of a bond sold at a discount and redeemed upon maturity at its face value, with no periodic payments of interest …
