Business Finance Terms, Explained Simply.
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A confidentiality agreement, also called a non-disclosure agreement or NDA, is a binding contract that prevents a prospective buyer from....
Closing adjustments finalize the purchase price at completion based on the actual financial position delivered; post-closing adjustments settle any remaining....
Closing is the moment a transaction legally completes, when funds are transferred, documents are executed, and ownership of the business....
Clean financials are financial statements that are accurate, consistently prepared, free of personal or non-business expenses, and presented in a....
Customer retention is the rate at which a business keeps its existing customers over time, one of the clearest indicators....
Customer concentration risk is when too much revenue depends on too few customers, a structural vulnerability that reduces enterprise value....
Customer capital is one of the four intangible capitals in the Value Acceleration framework, measuring the strength, diversity, and loyalty....
Competitive differentiation is what makes a business the only logical choice for a specific type of customer, the combination of....
Corporate-owned life insurance is a policy held and paid for by a corporation, used to fund buy-sell agreements, protect against....
A CEPA is a professional designation awarded by the Exit Planning Institute to advisors who have completed rigorous training in....
Cost structure is the composition of a business’s costs, fixed versus variable, direct versus indirect, and it determines how profitability....
Cash reserves are the liquid funds held by a business beyond its immediate operating needs, a financial buffer against unexpected....