Corporate Finance Terms

noun a person who is employed by a bank or works in the banking industry

• The banker advised the client on the best investment options.
• My friend's dad is a banker at the local branch.
• I heard that new banker is making some serious cash.
• In the game of monopoly, the banker controls all the money.

noun the department or division of a government in charge of the collection, management, and expenditure of public revenue

• The treasury department is responsible for managing the government's finances.
• I heard they found a treasure trove in the old treasury building!
• I'm broke, my treasury is empty.
• Her mind is a treasury of knowledge and wisdom.

noun a word that refers to a person, place, thing, event, substance, or quality

verb a word that expresses an action, occurrence, or state of being

preposition a word that shows the relationship between a noun (or pronoun) and other words in a sentence

article a word that is used with a noun to specify grammatical definiteness of the noun

• In legal cases involving fraud or misconduct, the court may pierce the corporate veil to hold individuals accountable for the actions of the company.
• When things get messy in a lawsuit, they might try to pierce the corporate veil to see who's really responsible.
• If the company is trying to hide something, the court might decide to lift the corporate veil and expose the truth.
• Sometimes we need to pierce the corporate veil of a situation to uncover the underlying motivations and interests at play.

noun a military headquarters in French-speaking countries

• The company hired a professional firm to conduct an abri audit of their financial statements.
• They're getting an abri audit done on their books to make sure everything's in order.
• They're getting their books checked with an abri audit, just to be safe.
• The abri audit of his life revealed some hidden truths he wasn't ready to face.