See Also: extraordinary(medicine)
extraordinary(dictionary)
extraordinary(dictionary)
Extraordinary item(money)
Extraordinary Income(money)
Extraordinary Loss(money)
Extraordinary call(money)
Extraordinary positive value(money)
Extraordinary positive value(finance)
Extraordinary item(finance)

Extraordinary item (money) and bob 2, noun (oh)


Extraordinary item (money)


Definition: [crh] An unusual and unexpected one-time event that must be explained to shareholders in an annual or quarterly report, e.g., write down fDefinition: or a discontinued operation, employee fraud, a lawsuit, or Other one-time events. Results are often presented with and without these items. The logic of excluding these items is that Definition: vestors">investors have a better notion of future performance if one-time events are excluded. Differs from an unusual item in that extraordinary items are (1) material; (2) non-recurring; and (3Definition: ) outside the ordinary Nature of the business.







bob 2, noun (oh)



2 n [C]
[Sense: 1; Date: 1900-2000; Origin: bob 'bunch (of hair)' (14-20 centuries), perhaps from Scottish Gaelic baban]
[Sense: 2; Date: 1800-1900; Origin: BOB1]
[Sense: 3; Date: 1700-1800; Origin: Perhaps from Bob, an informal name for someone called Robert]
a way of cutting hair so that it hangs to the level of your chin and is the same length all the way round your head
a quick up and down movement of your head or body, to show respect, agreement, greeting etc
::The maid gave a little bob and left the room.
[plural] informal a shilling (=coin used in the past in Britain)
::At last I'm making a few bob (=a reasonable amount of money) .
-see also bits and bobs at bit 2 (7)