zaitechn.
/ˈzʌɪtɛk/ Commerce.
Investment in financial markets by a company as a means of supplementing the earnings which it receives from its principal operations.
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1986 Economist 28 June 86/3 The Euromarkets have already drawn Japan's banks and securities houses to London. Now the country's companies are arriving—for the Zaiteku.
1986 Washington Post 26 Oct. d2/2 Everyone seems to be trying his hand at deftly juggling securities using ‘zaitech’, or financial engineering.
1988 A. Viner Emerging Power Japanese Money v. 155 The word zaitek is an amalgam of Japanese and foreign elements.
1989 M. & H. Schmiegelow Strategic Pragmatism iv. 110 Big enterprises in banking, transportation, and commerce have maintained extremely labor-intensive services, besides services outstanding in the use of limited numbers of personnel extremely qualified in innovative methods of Zaitech as well as of modern electronic communication systems.
1992 Playboy Nov. 166/3 About 70 percent of the $135 billion went for zaitech, Japanese slang for financial engineering.
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