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Debt Ratio: The relationship between a persons long term debt payments and their monthly income.

Operational Integration: The consolidation into a single operation of operations that were previously carried out separately by different providers.

Operationally Efficient Market: Market in which investors can obtain transactions services that reflect the true costs associated with furnishing those services. Also called an internally efficient market.

Operation: Statements which use programming commands to tell a computer to do something.

Operating Ratio: A ratio that measures a firm's operating efficiency.

Operating Performance Ratio: An overall measure of the efficiency of operations during a period: computed by dividing net income by net sales.

Operations Director: Individual who typically oversees claims, management information services, enrollment, underwriting, member services, and office management.

Options Clearing Corporation (OCC): The Options Clearing Corporation issues all exchange-listed securities options in the United States and guarantees all transactions in those options. The OCC also assigns exercised options f . . . View Full Definition

Overlapping Debt: The portion of debt of political subdivisions or neighboring special districts that a municipality is responsible for.

P-E Ratio: Current stock price divided by trailing annual earnings per share or expected annual earnings per share. Assume XYZ Co. sells for $25.50 per share and has earned $2.55 per share this year; $ . . . View Full Definition