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Saint Johns Wort (Hypericum perforatum): Anti-inflammatory, treats lung diseases, urinary infections, helps reduce stress, helps heal wounds and cuts.

Saints Life: Another term for the medieval genre called a vita. See discussion under vita.

St. Johns Neuromuscular Therapy: St. John’s neuromuscular therapy seeks out the cause of pain, focusing on creating a balance between the muscular and nervous systems. This bodywork focuses on five basic principles--biomech . . . View Full Definition

Tangible Net Worth: Equity less intangible assets. See the ratios of debt to tangible equity, fixed assets to tangible equity, and return on tangible equity.

Woolworth: The 5-10 (five and dime) split; see also Kresge.

Present Worth: The discounted present-day value of money to be collected in the future.

Net Worth: Total assets minus total liabilities. Aggregate net value of the organization.

Creditworthiness: A group representing firms that have claims on a company facing bankruptcy or extreme financial difficulty.

Butterworth Crossover: A type of crossover circuit utilizing low-pass filter design characterized by having a maximally flat magnitude response, i.e., no variation in the amplitude response in the domain of the passband.

Effective Net Worth: Used with SAT performance measures, the amount equal to the net earned spread, or margin of income, on assets in excess of financing costs for a given interest rate and prepayment rate scenario.