This dictionary's aim is twofold: to provide a key to the rules and regulations adopted in the market place, be it in the City of London, the local shopping -precinct or country auction room; and to give clear, accurate definitiops»®f the iften complex language and jargon used in business and financial practice. Do you know what is meant by ‘buffer stock’ and ‘zero bonds’? What happens when ‘poison-pill tactics' are triggered? Are you baffled by ‘kites’, ‘lame ducks’ and ‘kangaroos’? If so, then this is the book to turn to.