This best-selling volume contains over 4,200 clear and concise entries on all aspects of English law. Reissued with new covers and updates, it includes essential changes and recommended entry-level web links. Authoritative and accessible, it is invaluable for students, professionals, and anyone wanting a clear guide to legal terminology.
This is the most popular dictionary of physics available, and contains almost 4,000 entries covering all commonly encountered physics terms and concepts. It also defines many terms from the related fields of astronomy, astrophysics, and physical chemistry. With over 200 new entries and fullrevision of the existing text, A Dictionary of Physics is as essential a reference tool as before.The dictionary is generously illustrated with over 120 diagrams, graphs, and tables and it also contains biographies of important scientists. Recommended web links are also included to provide useful and relevant extra information, and are accessible and kept up to date via the Dictionary of Physicscompanion web page. Appendices include SI units, the solar system, and the electromagnetic spectrum, plus a list of Nobel Prize winners and a chronology of key dates in physics.This fully revised and updated A-Z is an ideal introduction to the subject for anyone with an interest in physics, and it remains an indispensable reference work for students of physics and physics-related subjects (either at school or at university), and professionals.
This authoritative dictionary will be invaluable to a range of students and professionals in the fields of accounting and finance. Over 3,500 entries provide comprehensive coverage of financial accounting, financial reporting, management accounting, direct taxation, indirect taxation, auditing, corporate finance, and accounting bodies and institutions. Coverage is international, and includes important terms from US accounting. Substantially updated and expanded, this new edition includes a wealth of invaluable added features including worked examples of difficult concepts, web links, and expanded feature entries on key topics. Clear, accessible entries give straightforward definitions of the latest financial jargon, making this a valuable guide to the often-confusing world of accountancy terms.
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The Penguin Dictionary of the Theatre provides a comprehensive and illuminating guide to the world of the theatre in over 5,000 thoroughly researches and clearly written articles. Together with its easy-to-use format and accessible style, the breadth of coverage in this dictionary makes it an invaluable reference guide for all students and lovers of drama.
Covering all areas of modern business practice, this edition now includes increased coverage of terms and concepts. It also looks at issues such as Internet business, private equity, structured finance, and much more.
This market-leading and best-selling illustrated dictionary contains authoritative entries on all aspects of medical science. Entries are accessible and jargon-free and are complemented by over 140 illustrations and diagrams.
The best-selling Dictionary of Finance and Banking includes over 5,200 entries. The fifth edition has been fully revised and updated, and adds more than 150 new entries. Terms focus particularly upon recent terminology, institutions, and safety measures coined or introduced since the economiccrash of 2008-9, including reactions to the crisis such as the Asset Protection Scheme and the Financial Stability Oversight Council . The dictionary defines terms from all aspects of personal and international finance, including money markets, private investments and borrowing, central banking,foreign exchanges, monetary policy, and public and government finance. Now with expanded coverage of capital structure and corporate restructuring. Recommended up-to-date web links for many entries, accessed via the Dictionary of Finance and Banking website, provide valuable extra information.With clear and accessible definitions, this jargon-free dictionary is a perfect companion to financial titles in this series including A Dictionary of Business and Management , A Dictionary of Accounting , and A Dictionary of Economics , and provides accurate and valuable information for students,practitioners, private investors, and readers of the financial pages alike.
This dictionary covers all aspects of finance and banking, from personal investments to international trading
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