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Autorité des marchés financiers Financial Glossary

Description:

Autorité des marchés financiers Financial Glossary defines the terms used in personal finance, investing and insurance, published by the Autorité des marchés financiers, the body that regulates Quebec's financial markets. The entries are arranged from A to Z and open one letter at a time, each term given a plain definition and, where a figure makes it clearer, a worked example.

100% Free (unlimited): The glossary is open to anyone: every letter, every definition and every example, with no account, no email address and no payment. It is published by Quebec's financial markets regulator in English and in French, and the entries may be read and returned to at any time.

Access: 100% Free Level: Intermediate (B1-B2) & Advanced (C1-C2) Format: Reference Written for: Business English (for native speakers) English Variant: CAN

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What this resource offers:

An A to Z glossary of the terms used in personal finance, investing and insurance, each with a plain definition and often an example. The entries run from accompanying notes, accrued interest and actual cash value through capital gain and callable bond to round lot and swap, and the letters open one at a time from a menu at the top of the page.

How to use this resource:

You open the letter you need and read the definition in plain sentences, with a worked example where a figure makes the term clearer, as with the accrued interest on a bond. Because the glossary is written for the public by the regulator itself, you can check the exact sense a term carries in a contract, a policy or a statement before you sign it or reply.

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Last verified — Oct. 27, 2026