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l

legatee

Lite

L/C

legator

liter

labor contract

legislation

literary agent

labor federation

legislature

literary property

labor union

legit

litigant

labour

legitimate

litigate

labour agreement

legitimise

litigator

labour court

leisure

litigious

labour dispute

leisure industry

litre

labour force

lend

livelihood

labour law

lender

lively

labour market

lender of last resort

livery

labour mobility

leptokurtosis

livestock

labour relations

less-developed country

living

labour supply and demand

lessee

living standard

labour union

lessor

living trust

labour-intensive

let

living wage

labour-intensive industry

letter of allocation

living will

labour-saving

letter of allotment

LLC

labourer

letter of application

Lloyds

lacklustre

letter of appointment

Lloyds Register

ladder

letter of comfort

Lloyds syndicate

laden

letter of credit

LME

laden draught

letter of credit L/C

LNG

Laffer curve

letter of engagement

load

Lagarde list

letter of intent

load draught

laggard

letter of intent LOI

load factor

lagging indicators

letter security/stock

load fund

laissez-faire

letters of administration

loaded

lame duck

lettershop

loader

land agent

letting

loading

land and buildings transaction tax

level load

loan

land bank

level playing field

loan capital

Land Certificate

leverage

loan club

Land Charges Register

leverage ratio

loan guarantee

land office

leveraged

loan leverage

land registry

leveraged buyout

loan loss

land sale

leveraged buyout LBO

loan loss provisions

landed cost

leveraged finance

loan market

landfill

leveraged recapitalisation

loan note

landfill tax

leveraged takeover

loan performance pricing

landing fee

levy

loan shark

landing page

LGV

loan stock

landless

liability driven investment

loan syndicate

landline duty

liability insurance

loan-loss allowance

landlocked

liability management

loan-loss provision

landlord

liability or liabilities

loan-loss reserves

landmark

liable

loan-to-value ratio

Landrum-Griffin Act

LIBA

lobby

lapse

liberal economics

lobbyist

lapse of time

liberalisation

local authority

lapsed option

liberalise

local authority stock

larceny

liberalize

local content

large goods vehicle

Libid

local income tax

large-cap

Libor

local tax

large-cap share

licence

localise

large-cap stock

licence fee

localize

last in, first out

licencing fee

lock in

last sale

license

lock-out

last-mover advantage

licensee

lock-up agreement

late majority

licensor

lock-up pact

latency

lien

locked in

latent defect

lienee

locked market

lateral

lienor

locked up

latitude

life assurance

lockstep

launder

life assured

lockup period

laundering

life cycle

lodgment

laundry

life estate

log file

law

life expectancy

logging

law of diminishing returns

life fund

logistics

law report

life insurance

logistics strategy

Law Society

life table

logo

law-abiding

life tenant

lolly

lawful

life-of-contract high

Lome Convention

lawsuit

lifeblood

London Clearing House

lawyer

lifeboat

London Commodity Exchange

lay-off

lifecycle analysis

London Gazette

layaway

lifecycle cost

London Inter-Bank Offered Rate

layer

lifeline

London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange

layout

lifespan

London Investment Banking Association

lb.

lifestyle

London Metal Exchange

LBO

lifetime allowance

London School of Economics

LCD

lifetime value

London Stock Exchange

LCE

LIFFE

London whale

LCH

LIFO

long

LDC

LIFO last in, first out

long bond

LDI

LIFO (last in, first out)

long gilts

lead bank

light draught

long hedge

lead left bookrunner

light engineering

long life assets

lead manager

light industry

long position

lead partner

light pen

long tail

lead time

light vehicle sales

long term

lead user

lightning strike

long ton

lead users

like-for-like

long-dated

lead-left bookrunner

like-for-like sales

long-tail

lead-manage

limbo

long-term credit

leader

Limean

long-term debt

leadership

limit order

long-term fund

leadership constellation

limit price

long-term investor

leadership in action

limit up, limit down

long-term liabilities

leading

limitation of liability

long-term loan

leading case

Limited

long-term refinancing operation - LTRO

leading edge

limited carrier

long-term security

leading indicators

limited company

long-term unemployment

leaflet

limited convertibility

longevity bond

leaflet drop

limited edition

longevity swap

League of Arab States

limited liability

longs

lean

limited liability company

loonie

lean advertising

limited liability company LLC

loophole

lean production

limited partner LP

loose credit

leaning against the wind

limited partnership

loot

leap

linchpin

Lord Libor

learning curve

line extension

loro account

lease

line graph

loser

lease-back

line management

loss

leasehold

line manager

loss adjuster

leasehold estate

line of credit

loss leader

leasehold possession

line stretching

loss-making

leasehold property

liner

lost days

leaseholder

link-up

lost decade

leave

liquid

lost time

leave of absence

liquid asset

lot

ledger

liquid crystal display

low season

ledger clerk

liquid measure

low-cost

legacy

liquid ratio test

low-end

legacy system

liquidate

low-end product

legal

liquidated damage

low-grade

legal aid

liquidating dividend

low-hanging fruit

legal capacity

liquidation

low-rise

legal entity

liquidation value

low-tech

legal estate

liquidator

low-tech industry

legal executive

liquidity

lowball

legal investment

liquidity crisis

loyalty bonus

legal liability

liquidity preference

loyalty card

legal monopoly

liquidity risk

loyalty programme

legal mortgage

liquified natural gas

LP

legal pad

Lisbon treaty

LSE

legal person

list price

Ltd

legal system

list systems

lucrative

legal tender

listed company

Luddite

legal-size

listed security

LulzSec

legalese

listed share

lump sum

legalise

listed stock

lump-sum tax

legality

listed yield

luxury goods

legalization

listener

luxury market

legalize

listening figure

luxury tax

legally

listing requirements

lynchpin

legally binding

listless

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