Flexible Spending Account. Your employer may offer dependent care benefits by allowing you to use pre-tax dollars to pay for your child care expenses. This arrangement is a flexible spending account that is funded pre-tax contributions, deducted from your pay. For 2013, the maximum tax-free amount is $5,000.
golden parachute. A clause in an executive's employment contract specifying that he/she will receive large benefits in the event that the company is acquired and the executive's employment is terminated.
Golden Ratio. The golden ratio (symbol is the Greek letter phi shown at left). is a special number approximately equal to 1.618. It appears many times in geometry, art, architecture and other areas.