The online dictionary of financial terms
Terms beginning with Z
- Zero Coupon Bond
A bond which pays no interest through its life and which pays a capital gain by being issued at a substantial discount to the maturity value...(Read more) - Zero Coupon Yield Curve
A yield curve, known as a spot yield curve, of zero coupon bonds that can be derived from the par yield curve and is used to derive discount...(Read more) - Zero Dividend Preference Shares (zeros)
Preference shares that receive no dividends throughout their lives. Instead a fixed known amount is paid at maturity....(Read more) - Zero Rated
A term relating to value added tax (VAT). It refers to goods (for example, food and books) which are taxable but at a zero rate. The signifi...(Read more)