Investing & Business Terms
The difference between total assets & liabilities is this "worth"
Net Worth
The name of caldo verde, a hearty Portuguese soup, means this color broth
Green
Legally, it means so visible that the cops didn't have to search to find it; something obvious is "hiding" there
In Plain Sight
In 1997, Pathfinder parachuted onto Mars, and cushioned its land with these, also a safety feature in your Buick
Airbags
It's a long, hooded jacket; Patagonia sells a nano puff one
a Parka
A part of profits paid to shareholders, the scrip type is basically a promissory note
a Dividend
New England clam chowder uses cream, while this other geographical clam chowder uses tomatoes
Manhattan Clam Chowder
A principle based on experience or practice gave rise to this 3-word phrase mentioning a part of the hand
Rule of Thumb
In the 1990s this spacecraft named for a Portuguese explorer mapped almost the entire surface of Venus
Magellan
Also known as the caveman diet, it's a shortened word for a diet that emphasizes lean meats & veggies
Paleo
For a sales team, the number of contracts signed per quarter might be one of these indicators, KPI for short
Key Performance Indicator
Vichyssoise, made with a base of potatoes & this onion relative, is said to date back to 1917 at the Ritz-Carlton
Leek
2021 called & wants this phrase back that means evaluating someone's mood or energy
Vibe Check
On July 4, 2005 Deep Impact slammed a probe into Tempel 1, one of these, creating a giant crater & a brilliant flash of light
a Comet
A fun color "hiding" in the bottom layer of hair is known as this, named like a game played with an infant
Peekaboo
A military order that keeps troops in the service, in investing, it orders a broker to sell if a stock price falls to a certain point
Stop-loss
This Vietnamese soup has its own national day in its homeland--December 12
Pho
This expression meaning you have to suffer to advance was used in the 17th century, in plural form, by Robert Herrick
No pains, no gains
The New Horizons spacecraft discovered that the surface of this largest moon of Pluto was mostly dirty water ice
Charon
It's a line of steep bluffs like the cliffs along part of the western shore of the Hudson River
Palislide
The VIX, short for this, is a predictor of how fast stock market prices change
Volatility Index
This alliterative soup made with tripe is historically a symbol of the city of Philadelphia
Pepper pot soup
The version with "pipe" is later, this original phrase for something headed your way is from the type of road seen here
Coming down the pike
The Dawn spacecraft found a peak over 12 miles high when it reached this second-largest object in the asteroid belt (after Ceres)
Vesta
Part of this word for a long, rambling journey nearly spells out a type of falcon
Peregrination