what is:

1: Nonvoting shares in a corporation, paying a fixed or variable stream of dividends. 3: Ownership shares in a firm. Also, the net worth of a margin account. 5: Short-term money-market securities. 7: Funds in a banks reserve account. 9: Tax-exempt bonds issued by state and local governments, generally to finance capital improvement projects. General obligation bonds are backed by the general taxing power of the issuer. Revenue bonds are backed by the proceeds from the project or agency they are issued to finance. 11: The price at which a dealer is willing to purchase a security. 13: Short-term unsecured debt issued by large corporations. 15: Includes longer-term, relatively riskier securities. 18: Refers to the fact that shareholders are at the bottom of the list of claimants to assets of a corporation in the event of failure or bankruptcy.