Attrition Rate

The opposite of retention rate. The percentage of customers this year who are no longer buying next year.

Audit

An official inspection of a company’s, or individual’s, accounts.

Austerity

A policy where a government tries to improve its budgetary position in a recession by increasing its saving. See also: […]

Automated card payments

Automated card payments are a method of making recurring payments for a product or service (for example, your Netflix subscription). […]

Automated Card Payments

Automated card payments are a method of making recurring payments for a product or service (for example, your Netflix subscription). […]

Automatic stabilizers

Characteristics of the tax and transfer system in an economy that have the effect of offsetting an expansion or contraction […]

Automation

The use of machines that are substitutes for labour.

Autonomous demand

Components of aggregate demand that are independent of current income.

Autosexing

A computer process for finding the sex and appending titles (Mr. Ms.) to a file of names.