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16.NS: Notation Summary

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% = percentage

∆% = constant growth rate per payment interval or the percent change from one period to another

= summation symbol meaning to add everything up

ACD = annual cost of the bond debt

AI = accrued interest

AV = assessed value of a property

BAL = principal balance immediately after an annuity payment

BALP1 = principal balance immediately prior to the first payment in a series of annuity payments

BALP2 = principal balance immediately after the last payment in a series of annuity payments

Base = the whole quantity

BVD = book value of the bond debt

C = cost Cash Price = bond price summing market price & accrued interest

CFo = initial cash flow

CM = unit contribution margin

CPI = Consumer Price Index

CPN = nominal bond coupon rate of interest

CR = contribution rate

Current Currency = currency being converted from

CY or C/Y= compounds per year, or compounding frequency

CYNew = the new compounding frequency

CYOld = the old compounding frequency

D$ = discount amount or markdown amount

d = discount rate or markdown rate

Date Price = bond price on the interest payment date preceding the sale date

dec = any number in decimal format

Desired Currency = currency you are converting to

Discount = bond discount amount

E = expenses

Exchange Rate = per unit conversion rate for current currency

Face Value = face value

FV = maturity value or future value in dollars

FVDUE = future value of annuity due

FVORD = future value of ordinary annuity

GAvg = geometric average

GE = gross earnings

I = interest amount in dollars

i = periodic interest rate

iNew = the new periodic interest rate

INT = interest portion

INTDUE = interest portion of a due single annuity payment

INTSFDUE = the interest portion of any single annuity due sinking fund payment

iOld = the old periodic interest rate

IY or I/Y = nominal interest rate per year

L = list price ln = natural logarithm

M$ = markup amount

MM = maintained markup

MoC% = markup on cost percentage

MoS% = markup on selling price percentage

n = a frequency or count or total

N = in merchandising it is the net price; in single payment compound interest it is the number of compound periods; in annuity compound interest it is the number of annuity payments

New = the value that a quantity has become

NI = net income

NPV = net present value

NPVRATIO = net present value equivalent annual ratio

Old = the value that a quantity used to be

P = profit; or principal

PMT = annuity payment amount

PMTBOND = bond annuity payment

Portion = the part of the whole

PPD = purchasing power of a dollar

Premium = bond premium amount

PRI = bond market price

PRN = principal portion

Property Tax = property tax amount

PTR = property tax rate

PV = principal or present value

PVDUE = present value of annuity due

PVORD = present value of ordinary annuity

PY or P/Y = payments per year or payment frequency

r = interest rate (in decimal format)

Rate = portion and base relationship; sales tax rate

Remit = tax remittance

RI = real income

RoC = rate of change per time period

S = regular or unit selling price; or sum of principal/interest

SAvg = simple average

SBE = the selling price at the break-even point

Sonsale = sale price

Stax = selling price including taxes

t = time or term; time ratio

Tax Collected = total tax collected through sales

Tax Paid = total tax paid through purchases

TFC = total fixed costs

TR = total revenue

TVC = total variable cost

VC = unit variable cost

w = weighting factor

WAvg = weighted average

x = any individual piece of data

Years = the term of an annuity


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