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public limited company

A public limited company is also a private corporation established, with limited liability, by a minimum of two persons to operate the business with the objective of making a profit. The shares in a public limited company are openly held and in the case of a company listed on the Stock Exchange, the shares are freely transferable. The company is regarded as a legal entity and is constituted by the Memorandum and Articles of Association.


Source : Others
Source Detail : Economic Census
purchased goodwill

Purchased goodwill is the difference between the value paid for an enterprise as a going concern and the sum of its assets less the sum of its liabilities, each item of which has been separately identified and valued.


Source : National Accounts
Source Detail : Gross Domestics Product (GDP)
purchaser's price

The purchaser's price is the amount paid by the purchaser, excluding any VAT or similar tax deductible by the purchaser, in order to take delivery of a unit of a good or service at the time and place required by the purchaser; The purchaser's price of a good includes any transport charges paid separately by the purchaser to take delivery at the required time and place.


Source : National Accounts
Source Detail : Gross Domestics Product (GDP)
purchasing power parity (PPP)

A purchasing power parity (PPP) is defined as the number of units of B's currency that are needed in B to purchase the same quantity of an individual good or service as one unit of A's currency will purchase in A.


Source : National Accounts
Source Detail : Gross Domestics Product (GDP)

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