Glossary Categories: Finance

CapEx

This is an abbreviation of Capital Expenditure.

Bridge Loan

This is a temporary loan to cover the financing shortfall of the acquisition until permanent funding is available.

Blue-Sky

This refers to the portion of a claimed value or requested price

Asset-Based Lenders

These are commercial lenders who are willing to take on more risk than commercial banks by lending against fixed assets, accounts receivable, and inventory and being subordinate to commercial banks.

Asset Approach to Valuation

This is a method of determining a business’s value by using one or more methods based on the value of the business’s assets net of liabilities.

Appraisal

This term refers to the process of determining the value of a business or asset.