Course glossary

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Here are some worlds which should be familiar for you till the end of the course, try to cover them when you will have free time.


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Offshore account

Funds which are managed outside of the UK.

Oligopoly

A market where only a few firms control the percentage of total sales.

Operating expenditure (OPEX).

On-going costs for running a business, service or system that includes day-to-day expenditure such as sales and administration. Compare with capital expenditure, which is money spent on fixed assets or extensions to already-owned fixed assets. A photocopier, for example, would involve capital expenditure whereas toner and paper for the photocopier would be operating expenditure.

Operating profit/loss

The profit or loss a company makes. These figures reflect how the business is performing.

Ordinary share

Also known as common shares, this is one unit of a businesses share capital.

Overheads

Costs that do not vary regardless of the level of production and are not usually directly involved with the cost of production, such as rent.