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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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