zIMFGlossaryWEBApril2013EnglishArabic Page1The data herein may not be disseminated in any form without prior written permission of the IMF.

English Arabic

100 percent reserve banking narrow banking

16th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change COP 16

1977 Decision on Surveillance over Exchange Rate Policies 1977 Surveillance Decision

1995 ESA ESA 1995 European system of accounts 1995

2007 Decision on Bilateral Surveillance

2007

21st Century Initiative [WB]

21st Century Strategy [OECD] Strategy 21 S-21

75th percentile method

a few

a number of [IMF]

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English Arabic

AAA bank

AAA debtor

AAA rating triple-A rating

abandonment

abate, to

abatement

ABCP Money Market Mutual Fund Liquidity Facility AMLF

abode

above face value [securities] above par above par value at a premium

above par value

above the line

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English Arabic

above-the-line item [budget] above-the-line entry

absentee rate

absolute advantage

absolute exchange rate

absolute poverty

absolute value

absolutely converging

absorb

absorbed company [enterprises]

absorbing company [enterprises] surviving company

absorption

absorption approach to the balance of trade absorption approach

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English Arabic

absorptive capacity absorption capacity

abstract number

abstract of title

Abu Dhabi Fund for Arab Economic Development ADFAED

Abu Dhabi Securities Market ADSM

abuse of law

abuse of power

academic qualifications

Accelerated Access Initiative [World Bank]

accelerated and shared growth initiative [South Africa] ASGI-SA

accelerated cost recovery system ACRS

accelerated purchase

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English Arabic

accelerated rate of depreciation accelerated depreciation

acceleration clause

accelerator principle accelerator

acceptance credit

acceptance house

acceptance limit [SDR designation]

) (

acceptance of membership [BL]

acceptance of SDRs

acceptance sampling

access limit [IMF]

access policy and access limits [IMF]

6egaP cibarAhsilgnE3102lirpABEWyrassolGFMIz .FMI eht fo noissimrep nettirw roirp tuohtiw mrof yna ni detanimessid eb ton yam niereh atad ehT

cibarA hsilgnE

ycilop ssecca ]FMI[

ytilicaf a ot ssecca ]FMI[

tekram eht ot ssecca

ytilibissecca ]FAQD[

( )

yrtnuoc noissecca

ycilop level-ssecca

egamad latnedicca ]5MPB[

[ 3991 - ]

ot deen ,etadommocca

/

gnitadommocca ]POB[

[ 3991 - ]

llib noitadommocca

snoitadommocca

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English Arabic

accommodative monetary policy accommodating policy accommodating stance accommodation easy monetary policy monetary accommodation

Accord Implementation Group AIG

account mandate [banking]

accountability [GFSM]

Accountant [IMF-FIN]

Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions [FSIG] AAOIFI

accounting basis

accounting concept

accounting conventions [GDDS]

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English Arabic

accounting cross exchange rate

accounting currency

accounting date [BPM5]

] - 1993 [

accounting equation balance sheet equation accounting identity

Accounting Office Court of Accounts

accounting period

accounting practices accounting methods accounting procedures

accounting rate book rate

accounting standards accounting principles accounting rules

accounting system

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English Arabic

accounting unit accounting entity

accounts and departments [IMF]

Accounts and Financial Reports Division

accounts of the IMF in member countries IMF accounts in member countries

Accounts Payable Unit [FIN/AX/AP]

accounts payable payables

accounts receivable

Accra Agenda for Action AAA Triple A

accrual basis

accrual basis accounting accrual accounting

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English Arabic

accruals [accounting]

accrued annual leave [IMF-HRD]

accrued charges [IMF]

accrued expenses [accounting]

accrued income accrued revenue accrued asset

accrued interest

accrued interest receivable

accrued sick leave [IMF-HRD]

accrued to the date of liquidation [AA]

accruing liabilities

accumulated depreciation accrued depreciation

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English Arabic

accumulation account

accumulation flows

accumulation of arrears

accumulation of external arrears

accuracy and reliability [DQAF]

acid rain

acid-test ratio [USA] quick asset ratio quick ratio cash ratio [corporations] absolute liquid ratio

ACP-EEC Convention (between the African, Caribbean, and Pacific States and the European Economic Community) Lom Convention

acquaintance mission [IMF] exploratory mission

acquired immune deficiency syndrome AIDS

)(

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English Arabic

acquired rights clause grandfather clause

acquiring bank

acquis communautaire

acquisition

acquisition approach [CPI; GFSM 2001; MFSM 2000] acquisition approach to interest expense

acquisition cost

acquisition of non-produced, nonfinancial assets [BPM5, SNA]

] - 1993 [

acquisition of SDRs [IMF]

Acropolypse

) ()Acropolypse(

across-the-board ex-post sequestration

across-the-board protectionist measures

act of consent [IMF quotas]

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English Arabic

act of God natural disaster

acting

Acting ... [IMF]

..

action of the Fund relating to restrictions [AA]

] -1993 [

Action Program for Development

actionable subsidy

activate

activation review [CCL]

active account

active claim

active investor

active labor market programs [World Bank] ALMPs

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English Arabic

active management

active money

activist policy discretionary policy active policy

activity ratio

activity report [IMF]

actual exchange rate

actual final consumption

actual GNP

actual income

actual interest yield effective yield

actual rate of return

actual revenues/expenditures

/

actuals

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English Arabic

actuarial deficit

actuarial reserve [insurance]

actuarial valuation actuary's valuation

Ad Hoc Committee on International Terrorism

Ad Hoc Committee on the Restructuring of the Economic and Social Sectors of the United Nations System [UN]

Ad Hoc Group of Experts on Restrictive Business Practices [UNCTAD]

ad hoc quota boosters

ad hoc quota increase

ad hoc request [IMF quotas]

ad referendum

) (

ad valorem royalty AVR

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English Arabic

ad valorem tariff

ad valorem [taxation]

adaptable program loan [IBRD] APL

Adaptation Fund

adaptive efficiency

adaptive expectations

adaptive research

additionality

additive operation [mathematics]

additivity

add-on account [retirement pensions]

adequacy of financing

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English Arabic

adequacy of reserves reserves adequacy

adequacy of the Fund's financial resources

adequate safeguards [IMF]

adjoint matrix

adjustable exchange rate

adjustable rate mortgage ARM adjustable-mortgage loan AML variable-rate mortgage VRM

adjustable rate floating interest rate floating rate variable rate variable-rate interest

adjusted overall fiscal balance [GFSM 2001]

adjustment equation

adjustment fatigue

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English Arabic

adjustment of charges [IMF]

adjustment of quotas [IMF]

adjustment of the peg

adjustment path

adjustment process

adjustment program [IMF]

adjustment to cash basis [IFS] adjustment to cash

adjustment transaction [GFS 1986]

adjustment with growth

Administered Account - country [IMF - contribution from a country]

) (

Administered Account for Selected Fund Activities - Japan [IMF]

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English Arabic

Administered Account [IMF]

administered price controlled price administrative price

administration of control [AREAER]

administration of liquidation [AA]

] -1993 [

administration of restrictions [IMF]

administration order [UK]

administrative action

Administrative Assistant to the Executive Director [IMF-OED]

Administrative Assistant [IMF]

administrative budget [IMF]

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English Arabic

Administrative Circular [IMF document series; AC/...] AC

Administrative Committee on Coordination [UN] ACC

Administrative Division [INS/AV]

Administrative Expenditures and Control Division [FIN/AX] AECD

administrative expenses [IMF] administrative costs

administrative fees and charges [GFS 1986]

administrative law

Administrative Law Unit [IMF-LEG]

administrative machinery

Administrative Officer [IMF] AO

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English Arabic

Administrative Payments Section [FIN/AX/AP]

administrative receiver [insolvency, UK] receiver

administrative receivership [insolvency, UK]

Administrative Services Division

Administrative Services [TGS/D]

Administrative Tribunal [IMF]

administrator [insolvency, UK]

ADR ADS American depositary receipt [USA] American depositary share

advance

advance deposit import deposit

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English Arabic

advance mission [IMF]

advance payment

advance payment bond

advance redemption advance repayment

advance release calendar ARC

advanced country

advancement of women

adverse feedback loop negative feedback loop

adverse option [audit] adverse opinion adverse audit opinion

adverse selection [banking; insurance]

advertising, market research, and public opinion polling [BPM5]

] - 1993 [

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English Arabic

Advisor on Diversity, Senior [IMF-HRD]

Advisor on Work Practices [IMF-OMD]

Advisor to the Executive Director [IMF-OED]

Advisor [IMF]

Advisor, Senior [IMF]

Advisory Committee on Risk Management ACRM

Advisory Group on Sub-Saharan Africa AGSA

advisory opinion

advisory report [IMF]

advocacy role [IMF, capital account liberalization]

affidavit

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English Arabic

affiliated enterprise affiliate

affirmative action

affirmative covenant positive covenant

affluence test means test

affluent society

Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund [IBRD]

Afghanistan The Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan

Africa Action Plan [G-8] G8 Africa Action Plan Kananaskis Africa Action Plan

Africa Capacity Building Initiative [IMF]

Africa Enterprise Fund [IBRD-IFC] AEF

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English Arabic

Africa Guarantee Facility AGF

Africa Project Development Facility [AfDB-IFC-UNDP] APDF

Africa Regional Division [MCM/R1]

African Capacity Building Foundation ACBF

African Capacity Building Fund

African Capacity Building Initiative [IBRD-AfDB-UNDP] ACBI

African Capacity Building Trust Fund [World Bank] Capacity Building Trust Fund [World Bank] CBTF

African Caucus [IMF]

) ( ) (

African Centre for Monetary Studies ACMS

African Common Market

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English Arabic

African Consultative Group ACG

African countries of the franc zone African countries of the CFA zone

African Cultural Institute ACI

African Department [IMF] AFR

African Development Bank AfDB ADB

African Development Fund AfDF ADF

African Development Report

African Division [INS/AC]

African Economic Policy Reform Program AEPRP

African Economic Research Consortium AERC

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English Arabic

African Enterprise Fund FEA

African Export-Import Bank AFREXIMBANK

African Financial Community [BCEAO] CFA

African Forum and Network on Debt and Development AFRODAD

African Groundnut Council AGC

African Group I [IMF-IBRD] Africa Group I Constituency

)1( )1(

African Group II [IMF-IBRD] Africa Group II Constituency

)2( )2(

African Group [IMF-IBRD] Group of African Governors African Caucus

African Growth and Opportunity Act [USA] AGOA

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English Arabic

African Institute for Economic and Social Development

African Institute for Economic Development and Planning [ECA] IDEP

African Institute of Informatics

African Management Services Company [World Bank] AMSCO

African National Congress

African peer review mechanism [NEPAD] APRM

African Platform of Action [UN; World Conference on Women]

African Regional Technical Assistance Center AFRITAC

African Round Table

African Trade Centre [ECA]

African Union AU

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English Arabic

African Virtual University AVU

) (

African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States ACP Group ACP States

Africa's Priority Programme for Economic Recovery, 1986-1990 [UN]

1986-1990

Afro-Latin Seminar on International Trade Law and Policy [IBRD]

-

after taxes

age analysis (of accounts)

)(

agency

agency bank

agency bond agency debt

agency debenture

agency debt market

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English Arabic

agency fee [capital market]

Agency for Air Traffic Safety in Africa and Madagascar [Madagascar] ASECNA

Agency for International Development [USA] AID USAID

agency transaction [GFS 1986]

Agenda 2010 [GER]

2010

Agenda 21 [UNCED] Environment and Development Agenda Program of Action for Sustainable Development [UN]

Agenda and Procedures Committee [IMF] APC

Agenda for Development

agenda [IMF, Executive Board]

/

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English Arabic

Agenda Executive Board Agenda [IMF document series]

agent

agent's fees [BPM5]

] - 1993 [

agflation

agglomeration economies

agglomeration urban agglomeration

agglomerative hierarchical methods

aggregate calculated quota share

aggregate data

aggregate demand

aggregate demand function

aggregate poverty reduction

aggregate real gross national product aggregate real GNP

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aggregate supply

aggregate supply function

aggregate time series

aggregating body [EITI, Mining Reporting Guidelines]

aggregation

aggregation bias

aggregation point sampling

aggregation, degree of

aggregator bank bad bank

aggressive investor

aggressive tax planning

aging of the population aging population

agreed higher limit [IMF, access policy]

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English Arabic

agreed minute [Paris Club]

agreement

agreement in principle [debt restructuring]

Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures [WTO] ASCM

Agreement on the European Economic Area [EU] EEA Agreement

agreement, use by [SDR]

agribusiness agroindustries

agricultural crops crops

Agricultural Development Bank AgBank

agricultural exporter

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English Arabic

agricultural extension services agricultural extension extension services

agricultural sector adjustment credit ASAC

agricultural sector adjustment project ASAP

agricultural, mining, and on-site processing [BPM5]

] - 1993 [

agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting [GFSM; GFSY]

aid effectiveness

aid flows

Aid for Trade

aid fragmentation

aid missions and services [BPM5]

] - 1993 [

aid-by-trade concept

aid-dependence syndrome

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English Arabic

aide-mmoire [IMF]

air transport [GFSM; BPM5]

] - 1993 [

aircraft

] - 1993 [

aircraft insurance [BPM5]

] - 1993 [

airport fees [BPM5, SNA]

] - 1993 [

algorism

alien registration requirements [AA]

] -1993 [

alleviation of poverty

Alliance for Progress [USA] AP

Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo

all-inclusive concept

allocate

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English Arabic

allocation

allocation cartel

)(

allocation mechanism

allocation of SDRs SDR allocation

allocations and allotments [GFS 1986]

allocative efficiency of resources Pareto efficiency Pareto optimal Pareto optimality Paretian optimality

allocative key

allotted number of votes [IMF]

allowance for loan and lease loss ALLL

all-purpose credit

alternative measure of variability

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English Arabic

alternative minimum tax [USA]

alternative recipient system

alternative scenario [WEO]

alternative sources of energy

Alternative-A Mortgage [USA] ALT-A Mortgage

Amanah deposit [Islamic banking]

amended Articles of Agreement [IMF] Articles of Agreement as amended

amendment (to the Articles of Agreement) [IMF]

) (

amendment [SNA93]

] -1993 [

American Bar Association [USA] ABA

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English Arabic

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Recovery Act

American Stock Exchange Amex the Curb

American-style option [securities market] American option

AML ROSC module

AML supervisory principles

amortization

) (

amortization abroad [GFSY]

amortization profile

amortization schedule

amount of access [IMF]

) (

amount outstanding

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English Arabic

amount payable forthwith

An Agenda for Peace : Preventive Diplomacy, Peace Making and Peace Keeping

:

Analysis and Control Section

Analysis and Control Unit

analytic framework analytical framework

Analytical and Advisory Activities AAA

analytical and advisory services program [[WB]]

Analytical Framework for Financial Stability Analysis [IMF]

anchor currency

anchor unit [IBRD]

anchor [monetary policy]

anchored inflation expectations

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English Arabic

ancillary departmental enterprise

] - 1989 [

ancillary meetings [IMF-IBRD Annual Meetings]

ancillary services

Andean Common Market ANCOM

Andean Development Corporation ADC

Andean Group

anecdotal evidence

Anglophone Africa Division/Area AA AFR1

/

animals for breeding, show or racing [BPM5]

] - 1993 [

animals for racing [BPM5]

] - 1993 [

animals for show [BPM5]

] - 1993 [

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English Arabic

annual arrangement [ESAF, PRGF]

Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics [World Bank] ABCDE

Annual Bank Conference on Development in Latin America and the Caribbean [World Bank] ABCD-LAC

annual leave [IMF-HRD]

Annual Meetings (of the Boards of Governors) of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank [IMF-World Bank] Annual Meetings of the Board of Governors Annual Meetings

annual overlap technique

Annual Report of the Executive Board [IMF] Annual Report

Annual Report on Exchange Arrangements and Exchange Restrictions [IMF; publication not translated] AREAER ARER

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English Arabic

Annual Report on Portfolio Performance [IBRD] ARPP

annualize

annuity

annuity insurance

antedated check

anticipated growth rate

anticipatory purchase

] [

anticompetitive practices

anticyclical reserve fund

anticyclical tax

antidumping duty

antimode [statistics]

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English Arabic

anti-money laundering measure

anti-money laundering AML

anti-money laundering/combating the financing of terrorism AML/CFT

antiseptic wipe

anti-surge provisions anti-surge mechanism anti-surge measure

antiviral drug

apex institution

apparent consumption

Appeals Board [NATO]

Appellate Body [WTO]

applicant country [EU]

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English Arabic

application for membership [IMF]

appointed Executive Director [IMF]

apportionment of appropriations [USA]

apportionment of credit apportionment of a loan

appreciate

) (

appropriate market rate [debt] AMR

appropriate technology

appropriation

appropriation ceiling

appropriation-in-aid [budget]

approximate cash basis [GFS 1986]

] - 1989 [

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English Arabic

Arab accounting dinar [AMF] AAD

Arab Authority for Agricultural Investment and Development AAAID

Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa ABEDA BADEA

Arab Centre for Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands [League of Arab States] ACSAD

)(

Arab Common Market ACM

Arab Convention on the Suppression of Terrorism

Arab Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization ALECSO

Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development AFESD

Arab Industrial Development and Mining Organization AIDMO

Arab Industrial Development Organization AIDO

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English Arabic

Arab League

Arab Maghreb Union AMU

Arab Monetary Fund AMF

Arab Organization for Agricultural Development AOAD

Arab Organization for Human Rights AOHR

Arab Planning Institute API

Arab Tourism Federation ATU

Arab Tourism Organization ATU

Arab Tourism Union ATU

Arab-African International Bank

Arab-African Union

Arabian light

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English Arabic

Arabic and Russian Division [TGS/LB]

-

Arabic Section [TGS]

Arab-led syndicated Euroloan

Arab-to-Arab Eurolending

-

arbitrage

arbitrage condition

arbitrager arbitrageur

arbitrary value [tax assessment, statistics]

arbitration clause

arbitrator [AA]

arc elasticity

architectural, engineering, and other technical services

] - 1993 [

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English Arabic

Archives and Electronic Records Unit [SEC/RC/AR/AE]

Archives and Records Management Section [TGS/DI/AR]

Archives and Records Section

Archivist

area department [IMF]

area sampling

argument [mathematics]

arithmetic mean mean

arithmetical average arithmetic average [CPI]

Arms Control and Disarmament Agency [UN] ACDA

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English Arabic

arm's length pricing principle arm's length price

arm's length [trade]

Arrangement Regarding International Trade in Textiles [GATT] Multifibre Arrangement

arrangements

array

arrears clearance [post-conflict assistance]

arrears country [IMF] country with payment arrears

Arrow-Debreu model

-

Art/Drafting Unit [TGS/DG/GR/AD]

Article IV

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English Arabic

Article IV consultation discussions [IMF] consultation discussions

Article IV consultations [IMF]

Article VIII country [IMF]

Article VIII obligations [IMF]

Articles of Agreement of the International Monetary Fund [IMF] Articles of Agreement Fund Agreement Articles of the Fund

artificial person legal entity corporation corporate body

artisanal industry cottage industry

Arusha Declaration

as amended

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English Arabic

as needed [ESAF; HIPC] on an as needed basis [HIPC initiative]

as relevant [GDDS]

ASEAN3

3

ASEAN-4 countries

Asia and Pacific Department [IMF] APD

Asia and Pacific Regional Division [MCM/R2]

Asia Division/Area 1 [MFD/AI/AP] APD1

/ )1(

Asia Division/Area 2 [MFD/AI/AP] APD2

/ )(

Asian Bond Fund

Asian Bond Market Initiative ABMI

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English Arabic

Asian Clearing Union ACU

Asian Currency Unit ACU

Asian Development Bank AsDB ADB

Asian Development Fund ADF

Asian Division [INS/AN]

Asian dollar

Asian Institute for Economic Development and Planning AIEDP

Asian noodle bowl

Asian Productivity Organization APO

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English Arabic

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum APEC APEC Council APEC Forum Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Council Asia-Pacific Economic Forum

assessment letter [IMF] comfort letter assessment statement

assessment mission [IMF-IBRD]

Assessment of Financial Sector Supervision and Regulation AFSSR

assessment roll [taxation] assessment list

assessment [SNA93]

assessor [taxation]

asset

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English Arabic

asset allocation portfolio allocation

asset class

asset encumbrance

asset holdings

asset liability management ALM

asset operation

asset preference

asset price bubble bubble asset bubble

asset quality

asset recovery

asset stripping

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English Arabic

asset swap

asset-backed commercial paper ABCP

asset-backed securities index ABX

asset-backed securities ABS

asset-holding entity

assets outstanding [BPM5]

] - 1993 [

assignment

Assistant to the Director [IMF]

Assistant to the Secretary [IMF-SEC]

Associate [IMF]

associated borrowing arrangement [IMF, GAB] associated agreement

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associated enterprise associate associated company

associated group [BPM5]

] - 1993 [

association agreement [EC]

Association for Financial Markets in Europe AFME

Association for the Advancement of Agricultural Sciences in AfricaAAASA

Association of African Central Banks AACB

Association of African Development Finance Institutions AADFI

Association of Bank Supervisory Agencies in Latin America

Association of Development Financing Institutions in Asia and the Pacific ADFIAP

Association of Iron Ore Exporting Countries APEF

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English Arabic

Association of National Numbering Agencies [Brussels, Belgium] ANNA S.C.

Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries ANRPC

Association of Southeast Asian Nations ASEAN

)(

assume debt

assumed mean

assumption

assumption of debt debt assumption

assumption of normality normality assumption

assurances of integrity [GDDS]

assured payment system [securities settlement systems]

assured use [SDR]

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English Arabic

asymmetric exchange rate intervention asymmetrical intervention asymmetric intervention

asymptote

asymptotic expansion

asymptotic properties large sample properties

asymptotic theory

asymptotically efficient estimate

at the border [measures, effects, etc.] border [measures, effects, etc.]

( ( ( (

Atlantic Division [WHD/AT]

atomistic competitor

attachment

)(

Attali Commission for the Liberation of French Growth Attali Commission

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English Arabic

attendance list

at-the-money option

attribution of production

attrition

attrition rate

auction bid form

auction price [economics]

auction rate [exchange rates]

auction sale auction

auction-rate security ARS

Audio/Visual Services Unit [TGS/DF/FO/AV]

audiovisual and related services [BPM5]

] - 1993 [

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English Arabic

audit

audit committee

audit firm rotation

audit office auditing department

audit opinion

audit partner rotation

Audit Principal, Senior [IMF-OIA]

audit testing [USA]

audit trail

audited financial statements

auditing standard audit standard

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English Arabic

Auditor [IMF-OIA]

Auditor, Senior [IMF-OIA]

augmentation of resources [IMF]

) (

augmented balance

augmented resources [IMF] augmented Fund resources

austerity program

australasia

Australia East Timor Rural Development Program AETRDP

authority to allocate special drawing rights

authorization date

] - 1993 [

authorization budget authorization

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English Arabic

authorized bank [exchange market]

authorized capital

autocorrelation serial correlation

Automated Clearing House ACH

automated standard application for payments ASAP

Automated System for Customs Data [UNCTAD] ASYCUDA Automated System for Customs Data and Management Automated System for Customs Data Acquisition, Control and Management [UNCTAD]

automated teller machine [banking] ATM

automatic budgetary stabilizer

automatic data processing ADP

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English Arabic

automatic stabilizer built-in stabilizer

Automatic Transfer Services Account [USA] ATS Account

autonomous consumption

autonomous investment

autonomous variable

autoregression

autoregressive model

autoregressive process

auxiliary measures

auxiliary services

availability fee

availability payment

available central government [GFS 1986]

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English Arabic

available-for-sale financial asset available for sale asset available for sale AFS

average

average daily balance

average effective tax rate AETR

average percentage change [CPI]

%

Average Petroleum Spot Prices [IMF, WEO] APSP Average Petroleum Spot Price

average price change [CPI]

average-inflation country

averaging provision reserve requirement averaging

avian flu pandemic

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English Arabic

avian influenza avian flu bird flu

avoidance of cross-conditionality [IMF]

awaiting clearance [AA]

] -1993 [

award system [Australia]

award [procurement]

)(

axiometry

baby boom

) (

baby boomer

back donor

back office

backcast backcasting

backchecking

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English Arabic

background paper

backline services [IBRD]

backloaded stimulus package

back-loading [IMF]

backstopping facilities

backstopping [IMF technical assistance]

backtest [bank supervision] backtesting

back-to-back credit back-to-back loan

back-to-back guarantee

back-to-back missions [IMF]

76egaP cibarAhsilgnE3102lirpABEWyrassolGFMIz .FMI eht fo noissimrep nettirw roirp tuohtiw mrof yna ni detanimessid eb ton yam niereh atad ehT

cibarA hsilgnE

troper eciffo-ot-kcab OTB troper ruoh-thgie-ytrof feirbed ]FMI[

84

enil pu-kcab

egaknil drawkcab ]yrtsudni[

gnitfihs drawkcab

noitadrawkcab

snoitatcepxe gnikool-drawkcab

noitaxedni gnikool-drawkcab

tessa dab

naol dab tbed dab ]gnitnuocca[

seef egaggab

[ 3991 - ]

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English Arabic

bail in

) (

bail out rescue

bailout rescue

) (

Baker initiative Baker plan Program for Sustained Growth

balance of payments analysis

Balance of Payments and External Debt Division I, II [STA/A1, A2]

) ()(

balance of payments assistance balance of payments support

Balance of Payments Compilation Guide

balance of payments constraint

balance of payments deficit payments deficit

balance of payments equilibrium

balance of payments financing

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English Arabic

balance of payments flows

balance of payments identity [BOP]

Balance of Payments Manual - 5th edition BPM5

- 1993

Balance of Payments Manual [IMF] BPM

balance of payments need [IMF]

Balance of Payments Newsletter [IMF]

balance of payments position payments position

balance of payments report [BPM5]

balance of payments statement [BPM5]

] - 1993 [

Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook [IMF] BOPSY

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English Arabic

balance of payments statistics BOP statistics

balance of payments surplus

balance of payments test [IMF]

Balance of Payments Textbook [IMF]

balance of payments [IFS; SNA93]

balance of risks

balance of trade trade balance [IFS]

balance on hand

balance sheet account

balance sheet accounting [SNA 93]

balance sheet approach to financial crisis balance sheet approach

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English Arabic

balance sheet basis, on a [BPM5]

balance sheet channel broad credit channel

balance sheet cleansing balance sheet clean-up

balance sheet consolidation consolidation of balance sheets consolidated balance sheet

balance sheet mismatch

balance sheet revaluation [BPM5]

] - 1993 [

balance sheet value [SNA, BPM5]

balance sheet vulnerabilities

balance sheet general balance sheet statement of financial position statement of financial condition statement of condition statement of assets and liabilities balance sheet statement

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English Arabic

balance statement [SNA]

] - 1993 [

balance [SNA93; accounting]

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act [USA] Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act

- -

balanced budget multiplier

balanced budget neutral budget

balanced distribution of holdings [IMF]

balanced growth

balanced half-samples BHS balanced repeated replication BRR

balanced positions [IMF]

balances due to banks abroad [GMBS]

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English Arabic

balance-sheet effect

balancing item

balancing statement [SNA]

Balassa-Samuelson Effect

-

Bali Action Plan

Bali Roadmap

balloon loan

Baltic countries, Russia, and other countries of the former Soviet Union BRO

Baltic Division

Baltic states

bandpass filter

bank advisory committee [London Club] advisory committee steering committee

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English Arabic

Bank Al-Maghrib [Morocco]

bank assessment

bank balance sheet restructuring

bank call

) (

bank call report form bank report form report form [IFS]

bank call report call report

bank cash ratio

bank debits

bank draft [SNA93] banker's draft

bank examination

bank failure

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English Arabic

Bank for International Settlements BIS

bank holding company [FSIG]

bank insurance fund BIF

bank liquidity ratio

bank loan [GFS 1986] bank advances

bank money

bank money order

bank note redemption [currency]

Bank of Central African States BEAC

bank of issue currency issuing agency

bank prudential indicator

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English Arabic

bank reconciliation

) (

bank resolution mechanism

bank return

bank run bank panic run on a bank run on deposits

bank secrecy

Bank Secrecy Act [U.S.] BSA Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act

bank supervision banking supervision

bank supervisors

bank writedowns

Bank/Fund Conferences Office [SEC/AI/BF] BFCO

banker's acceptance bank acceptance

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English Arabic

bankers' bank

bankers' deposit [central bank]

bankers' reserves

)(

Bank-Fund AML assessment

Bank-Fund Financial Sector Liaison Committee [IMF-WB] FSLC

banking

banking advisory group [IFC]

banking authorities

banking book

banking soundness

Banking Supervision and Regulation Division

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English Arabic

banking survey [GMBS; IFS]

banklike institutions, other [GMBS]

banknote migration

banknote, uncirculated [BOP]

] - 1993 [

banknotes and coins

bankruptcy

bankruptcy law

banks in distress distressed banks

bar chart bar graph

bar [gold]

bargaining position

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English Arabic

bargaining power

barrel(s) of oil equivalent BOE

) ( /

barrier to entry [trade]

barter

barter economy

base case lending scenario [World Bank, CAS]

base effect

base money monetary base reserve money central bank money high-powered money

base page

base period

base year [statistics] reference year

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English Arabic

Basel Capital Accord [BIS]

Basel capital adequacy ratio [MPI] capital adequacy rules

Basel capital deductions [MPI]

Basel capital [MPI]

Basel Committee on Banking Supervision BCBS Basel Committee Cooke Committee

Basel Concordat [BIS]

Basel II [BIS]

2

baseline feature [IMF]

baseline projection

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English Arabic

baseline scenario [IMF] reference scenario RS benchmark scenario trend scenario business-as-usual scenario BAU nonintervention scenario

base-to-income elasticity

base-weighted price index base-weighted index Laspeyres index [FSIG]

base-year price

BASIC

BASIC

basic balance [BPM5]

basic foodstuffs staples

basic needs poverty line

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English Arabic

basic period [IMF]

basic rate of charge [IMF]

basic vote [IMF]

basis

basis of assessment

basis of recording [GFSM 2001]

basis of reporting

basis point BPS

basis risk

basket of goods and services

basket peg basket pegging composite peg

batch transfer

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English Arabic

Bayesian estimator

Bayesian Information Criterion BIC

beachhead effect

bear market [securities exchange] bearish market

bear operator bear

bearer bill bearer note

bearer check check to bearer

bearer instrument bearer paper bearer security

before taxes pretax

beggar-my-neighbor policy beggar-thy-neighbor policy

behavior variable

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English Arabic

behavioral economics

behavioral equation

behavioral equilibrium exchange rate BEER

behind the border [measures, effects, etc.] [trade]

below the line [BPM5, GFS 1986]

below-the-line item

benchmark bond index [IMF]

benchmark ratio [SDR allocation]

benchmark survey

/ /

benchmark [IMF, PRGF] performance benchmark

benchmarking

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English Arabic

benchmarking club

benchmark-to-indicator ratio BI ratio

beneficial owner

beneficial ownership [securities settlement systems] beneficial owner beneficial interest holder beneficial interest

benefit incidence analysis

benefit principle of taxation

benefit benefits

Benefits Administration Section [HRD/SB/BA]

Benefits Administration Unit [HRD/SB/BA/ ...]

benefits in cash [BPM5] cash benefits

] - 1993 [

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English Arabic

Benelux Economic Union

benevolent social planner

benign neglect

best case scenario optimistic scenario

best critical region

best estimate

best estimator

best practices BP

best-fit curve best-fitting curve

better case scenario

better-policies scenario [WEO] best-policies scenario optimistic scenario

bias [statistics]

)(

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English Arabic

biased estimator

biased sample

biased [statistics]

bicyclic procedure [IMF consultations] bi-cycle

bid bond

bid opening [procurement]

bid price

) (

bid security [procurement]

bid up (prices)

bid tender

bid-ask spread [FSIG; MPI]

) (

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English Arabic

bidder tenderer

bid-offer spread [exchange rates]

biennial consultation [IMF]

biennial surveillance review BSR Biennial Review of Surveillance

big bang reform big bang

Big Mac index

big-push theory

) (

bilateral central rate [EMS]

bilateral creditor [HIPC Initiative]

bilateral deadline

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English Arabic

bilateral monopoly

bilateral netting

/ /

bilateral official creditors

bilateral oligopoly

bilateral Paris Club agreements [Paris Club]

bilateral payments agreement [GMBS] bilateral payments arrangement

bilateral statements [BPM5]

bilateral surveillance [IMF] Article IV surveillance

bilateral trade weight

bill

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English Arabic

bill of exchange draft [IMF]

bill of quantities

bill of sale

billion [IMF-IBRD; USA]

billions of dollars $BN BNBN

bills payable

bimetallic standard bimetallism bi-metalism

bimodal distribution

Binary-Coded Decimal BCD

binding

binding agreement

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English Arabic

binomial

binomial distribution

biodiversity

bipolar view

bit binary digit

bivariate distribution

Black Economic Empowerment [South Africa] BEE

black economy

black market [SNA93]

Black Scholes options pricing model

-

black swan

Blair Commission

blank acceptance

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English Arabic

blank check

blank credit

blank transfer

blanket tax holiday

blend country [IBRD-IDA]

blended credits [USA]

blended GDP variable

blending of resources blending

block grant [USA]

blocked account [GMBS]

BLS Library [IMF]

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English Arabic

blue chip gilt-edged security [GBR]

blue sky law [USA]

Board Briefing Informal Board Briefing

Board Discussion

Board document [IMF]

board lot round lot

Board of Executive Directors [WB] Board

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System [USA] Federal Reserve Board FRB

Board of Governors [IMF]

Board Operations Officer [IMF-SEC]

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English Arabic

board seminar

bona fide

bond

Bond Clearing House [EC] EUROCLEAR

bond coupon coupon

bond holder

bond issue

bond market rally

) (

bond market fixed-income market

bond mutual fund

bond portfolio holdings of bonds

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English Arabic

bond seniority

bond warrant debt warrant

bond yield

bond(, under) [customs]

bonded debt bonded indebtedness

bonded good

bonded manufacturing warehouse

bonded transportation company

bond-equivalent yield BEY

bonds and notes

bonds and other securities [BPM5]

bonds payable

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English Arabic

bonds with optional maturity dates [BOP]

bonus consideration [oil and gas]

bonus interest rate

bonus share bonus stock

book building

book of final entry [accounting]

book of original entry [accounting]

book profit

book runner

book enter

book-entry security paperless security

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English Arabic

book-entry system [securities settlement systems]

bookkeeper

bookkeeping [BPM5]

books and records [accounting] accounting records accounting documents

book-to-bill ratio

boolean

boom

boom-bust cycle boom and bust

bootstrap resampling with replacement

border barriers [trade]

border tax adjustment

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English Arabic

border trade

border worker

borderline case

borrow short and lend long

borrowed reserves

Borrowed Resources Suspense Accounts [IMF] BRSA

borrowed resources [IMF]

borrowing arrangement [IMF] borrowing agreement

borrowing by authorities or other sectors on authorities' behalf [BPM5]

] - 1993 [

borrowing capacity

borrowing ceiling

borrowing for balance of payments support [BPM5]

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English Arabic

borrowing rate

borrowing ratio [IMF borrowing]

borrowing requirement

borrowing space

borrowing-quota ratio [IMF borrowing]

bottleneck

bottleneck inflation

bottom-up approach individual country approach

bound

bound tariff bound tariff rate bound rate

bounded above

bounded below

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English Arabic

bounded set

bracket creep [taxation] bracket progression

Brady bond [debt restructuring] Brady debt

Brady Plan

branch

] - 1993 [

branchless banking mobile banking

brass-plate company

Brazil, Russia, India and China Club BRIC Club BRICs

breakdown breaking out

break-even inflation

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English Arabic

break-even point

Bretton Woods Committee BWC

Bretton Woods Institutions BWI

Bretton Woods system [exchange rates]

bribe

Bribe Payers Index BPI

bribery corruption

bridge bank [Japan] public bridge bank bridge bank scheme bridge bank facility

bridge table [statistics]

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English Arabic

briefing

briefing note

briefing paper [IMF]

broad financial market

broadening of the tax base

broadly defined money supply broad money money broadly

broker stockbroker

brokerage

brokerage fee brokerage

] - 1993 [

brokerage house brokerage firm brokerage company

broker-dealer

/

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English Arabic

brokered funds brokered deposits

brother-sister corporations sibling corporations sibling enterprises

brownfield investment brown field investment

Brussels Definition of Value BDV

Brussels Office [IMF-EUR] EUO/BR

brute force fiscal adjustment

bubble economy

budget appropriation process budget appropriation appropriation budgetary appropriation budgetary appropriation process

budget bottom line bottom line

budget calendar

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English Arabic

budget call letter

budget constraint

budget control

budget cut

budget deficit budget gap

Budget Enforcement Act

budget envelope

budget estimate budget forecast

budget execution

budget framework law

budget institution budgetary unit spending agency spending department spending unit

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English Arabic

budget law approved budget

budget management

budget neutral

Budget Officer [IMF]

budget outturn budget performance

budget presentation

budget proposal [GFS 1986] draft budget budget bill

Budget Reform Division [OBP/BR]

budget rigidity

budget savings

Budget Section [INS/AI/BU]

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English Arabic

budget sector agencies

Budget Strategy Division [IMF-OBP/BS]

budget surplus [realized surplus]

budget tracking budget tracking exercise

budget universality principle general budget rule

budget year

budgetary account

budgetary balance budgetary equilibrium

budgetary central government [GFSY] budgetary central government accounts [GFS 1986]

budgetary expenditure budgetary outlay fiscal expenditure

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English Arabic

budgetary financing gap budgetary gap

budgeted funds

budgeting

/ /

/

Budgeting and Fiscal Transparency Division [FAD/..]

budgetization fiscalization

) (

buff (paper) [IMF] buff statement

) (

Buff Document [IMF document series; BUFF/...] BUFF

BUFF/ED Document [IMF document series; BUFF/ED/...] BUFF/ED

] [

buffer stock

Buffer Stock Financing Facility [SNA93] BSFF

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English Arabic

building and loan associations [SNA93]

building block [statistics, models]

building society [GBR]

build-operate-transfer BOT

build-own-operate BOO

build-own-operate-transfer BOOT

built-in elasticity of a tax system

) (

bull market [securities exchange] bullish market

bull operator bull

bulldog bond [GBR]

bullet loan

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English Arabic

bunch maps, method of Frisch method

bunching of maturities debt bunching

bundling of transactions

bunker fuel [BPM5]

] - 1993 [

bunny bonds

buoyancy

burden of disease [GDDS, population] disease burden

burden sharing (in the Fund's expenses) [IMF]

) (

burden sharing [IMF; BPM5]

)( )(

burden [IMF]

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English Arabic

burden-sharing mechanism [IMF]

Bureau of Computing Services BCS

Bureau of Information Technology Services BTS

Bureau of Language Services BLS

Bureau [G-24]

Bush Initiative compact for global development compact for developing country aid

business accounting

business activity

Business and Industry Advisory Committee [OECD] BIAC

business and professional licenses [GFSY]

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English Arabic

business community

business confidence

business continuity plan

business corporation corporation

Business Council for Sustainable Growth [UN]

business credit services [BPM5]

business cycle economic cycle trade cycle boom-bust cycle

business day working day

business expenses representation expenses

business investment

business license tax occupational license tax

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English Arabic

business plan

business processes [IBRD-Strategic Compact]

business profit tax

business profits trading profits

business recovery

business services [BPM5, BPM6]

business to business B2B

business to consumer B2C e-tailing

business travel [BPM5]

] - 1993 [

business travelers [BPM5]

] - 1993 [

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cibarA hsilgnE

atad etagergga decilps-ttub

gnol yub

nigram no yub ]seitiruces[ gniyub nigram

trohs yub

edis yub

rotsevni dloh-dna-yub

ygetarts dloh-dna-yub

tnemeerga kcabyub kcabyub tbed esahcruper tbed

tnemegnarra kcabyub ]OTW[ kcabyub ]OTW[

naol nwod-yub ]DRBI[

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English Arabic

buyer's credit [WTO]

buyer's market soft market

buying exchange rate buying rate buyer's rate bid rate

buying member [IMF]

Buys-Ballot table

By-Laws [IMF] by-laws

By-Laws, Rules and Regulations [IMF]

byproduct by-product

c.i.f. valuation [BPM5]

Cable Room [IMF-SEC]

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English Arabic

Cable/Telex Center [IMF]

Cafeteria [IMF]

calculated market interest rate calculated market rate

calculated quota share [IMF] share in calculated quotas [IMF]

calendar year

call account

call for committed funds call

call for subscribed capital

call in debt

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English Arabic

call loan callable loan demand loan [Debt Guide, 1993; External Debt Statistics: Guide for Compilers and Users, 1993]

call money

call option clause call option call provision

call option call

call protection [bonds]

callable bond

callable option

callable [capital market]

CAMELS composite rating capital, assets, management, earnings, liquidity CAMEL

CAMEL

CAMELS

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Canadian Council for International Cooperation [Canada] CCIC

Canadian International Development Agency CIDA

canceled check paid check

cancellation of arrears [BPM5]

cancellation of SDRs [IMF]

canonical correlation

cap [securities settlement systems]

capacity building

capacity constraint

Capacity Forum [IBRD-PACT]

capacity margin

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capacity output

capacity underutilization underutilization

capacity utilization

capital

capital account convertibility

capital account crisis

capital account flows [BPM5]

Capital Account Issues Division

capital account [budget]

capital adequacy

capital adequacy ratio CAR

capital adequacy standards [BIS]

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capital and financial account [BPM5]

capital asset fixed asset fixed capital non-current asset long-term asset long-lived asset plant and equipment

capital assets pricing model CAPM

capital base

capital budget [IMF]

capital buffer

capital charge

capital contributions [BPM5]

capital controls

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capital cost cost of capital

capital crunch

capital cushion

capital deepening

Capital Development Fund [UN]

capital equipment

capital expenditure CAPEX capital outlay

capital flight [SNA93] flight of funds

capital flow capital movements

capital formation [SNA93]

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capital gain holding gains

capital gains tax

capital gearing ratio gearing ratio leverage [corporate finance, USA] gearing [GBR] financial gearing

capital good producer good

capital income

capital intensiveness capital intensity

capital investment

capital loss

capital market

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Capital Market Development and Financial Infrastructure Division [MCM/CD]

Capital Markets and Financial Studies Division

Capital Markets Consultative Group [IMF] CMCG

Capital Markets Debt Issues Division

Capital Markets Financing Division

capital requirement [banking]

capital revenue [GFSY]

capital stock

capital structure

capital subscriptions to international organizations [BPM5]

capital tax

capital transaction

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capital transfer

capital value

capital widening widening of capital

capital, excluding reserve assets capital, excluding reserves

capital-asset ratio [banking] capital ratio

capital-certain claims

capital-debt ratio equity-debt ratio

capital-exporting country

capital-importing country

capital-intensive

capitalization (of interest) [Paris Club]

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capitalization bond [debt restructuring]

capitalized value

capital-labor ratio

capital-loan ratio [banking]

capital-output ratio

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caption

captive buyer

captive company

captive institution

capture

carbon capture and storage CCS carbon capture

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carbon credits

carbon dioxide CO2

carbon emissions trading scheme carbon trading scheme cap and trade scheme

carbon finance

carbon market

carbon pricing scheme

carbon tax

Career Development Section [HRD/SD/CD]

career stream career pattern

caretaker government

cargo consolidation consolidation

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cargo handling [BPM5]

Caribbean Basin Initiative [USA] CBI

Caribbean Community CARICOM Caribbean Common Market

Caribbean Development Bank CARIBANK CDB

Caribbean Financial Action Task Force [money laundering] CFATF

Caribbean Free Trade Area

Caribbean Group for Cooperation in Economic Development CGCED

Caribbean I, II Division [WHD/C1, C2]

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Caribbean Regional Technical Assistance Center [IMF-CARICOM-UNDP] CARTAC

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

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carousel fraud missing trader fraud

carriage of passengers [BPM5]

carried interest

carrier

carriers with crew [BPM5]

carry over [budget]

carry trade

carryforward carryover loss carryforward loss carryover tax loss carryforward tax loss carryover

carrying cost (of inventories)

carrying value carrying amount written-down value book value

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Cartagena Agreement Andean Subregional Integration Agreement

cartel

cartelization

cascade tax multistage cumulative tax

cascading [taxation]

case study

case-by-case basis, on a

cash

cash account [IMF, SDA]

cash assets

cash balance

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cash basis accounting cash accounting

cash basis reporting [GFS 1986]

cash bond

cash buyback [debt]

cash courier

cash crop

cash economy cash-based economy

cash equivalent [GFSM]

cash flow

cash flow budget cash budget cash plan

cash flow relief cash relief

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cash flow waterfall

cash goods

cash in bank cash held by banks

cash in hand cash on hand [GFSM]

cash in rights [IMF rights approach]

cash items

cash limit [budget]

cash loan disbursement

cash loan financial loan

cash management

cash margin

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cash market physical market spot market

cash operating deficit

cash operating surplus

cash payment

cash pooling

cash position

cash rate overnight rate call rate call money rate interbank call rate overnight call money rate

cash ratio requirement minimum cash requirement

cash rationing

cash settlement

cash tender offer

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cash voucher [GFS 1986]

cashier's check official check treasurer's check bank check

Cashier's [FIN/AX/AP/CA]

cash-link

casualty insurance

catalyst

catalytic effect

catalyze financial flows

catching-up

catch-up demand

catch-up effect

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categorical grant [public finance] special purpose grant

causal relationship

causality

cease and desist order

Cedel

ceiling price

cell-relative imputation linking

censoring [statistics]

Center for Latin American Monetary Studies CEMLA

center of economic interest [BPM5; GFSM]

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Central Africa Regional Technical Assistance Center [IMF] Central AFRITAC

Central African Banking Commission COBAC

Central African Customs and Economic Union CACEU

Central African Economic and Monetary Community CAEMC Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa

Central African Monetary Area [BEAC] CAMA

Central African Monetary Union CAMU

Central African States Development Bank CASDB

Central America Emergency Trust Fund [IDA] CAETF

Central American Bank for Economic Integration CABEI

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Central American Common Market CACM

Central American Division [WHD/CA]

Central American Economic and Social Community CESCA

Central American Free Trade Agreement CAFTA Dominican Republic - Central America - United States Free Trade Agreement CAFTA-DR

Central American Fund for Economic Integration CAFEI

Central American Fund for Social Development CAFSD

Central American I, II Division

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Central American Institute for Public Administration CAIPA

Central American Monetary Council CAMC

Central American Monetary Union

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Central and Eastern European Countries CEEC

Central Asia Department CTA

Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Program [ADB] CAREC

central bank credit facility [securities settlement systems]

central bank currency swaps [BOP]

Central Bank Gold Agreement CBGA Washington Agreement on Gold

Central Bank of West African States BCEAO

central bank central banker

central banking

Central Banking and Market Infrastructure Wing CBMI

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Central Banking Division [MCM/CB]

central counterparty CCP

Central Division, I, II, III [EUR/C1, C2, C3]

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central estimate [IMF]

Central European Countries [IMF] CEC countries of Central Europe

Central European Division I, II, III [EU1/C1, C2, C3]

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Central European Free Trade Agreement CEFTA

Central Files Unit [TGS/ID/AR/CF]

central government

central government deposits [GMBS]

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central limit theorem

central ministry [budget]

central moment around the mean

central planning

central processing unit [computers] CPU

Central Product Classification [UN-EC, statistics] CPC

central rate [IMF]

central securities depository [securities settlement systems]

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centrally planned economy