Accounting Ch.2
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| Account | Record within an accounting system in which increases and decreases are entered and stored in a specific asset, liability, equity, revenue, or expense.
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| Account Balance | Difference between total debits and total credits (including the beginning balance) for an account.
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| Balance column account | Account with debit and credit columns for recording entries and another column for showing the balance of the account after each entry.
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| Chart of accounts | List of accounts used by a company; includes an identification number for each account.
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| Compound journal entry | Journal entry that affects at least three accounts.
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| Credit | Recorded on the right side; an entry that decreases asset and expense accounts, and increases liability, revenue, and most equity accounts; abbreviated Cr.
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| Creditors | Individuals or organizations entitled to receive payments.
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| Debit | Recorded on the left side; an entry that increases asset and expense accounts, and decreases liability, revenue, and most equity accounts; abbreviated Dr.
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| Double-entry Accounting | Accounting system in which each transaction affects at least two accounts and has at least one debit and one credit.
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| General Journal | All-purpose journal for recording the debits and credits of transactions and events.
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| Journal | Record in which transactions are entered before they are posted to ledger accounts; also called book of original entry.
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| Journalizing | Process of recording transactions in a journal.
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| Posting | Process of transferring journal entry information to the ledger; computerized systems automate this process.
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| Posting-reference column | A column in journals in which individual ledger account numbers are entered when entries are posted to those ledger accounts.
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| Source documents | Source of information for accounting entries that can be in either paper or electronic form; also called business papers
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| T-accounts | Tool used to show the effects of transactions and events on individual accounts.
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| Trail balance | List of accounts and their balances at a point in time; total debit balances equal total credit balances.
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| Unearned revenue | Liability created when customers pay in advance for products or services; earned when the products or services are later delivered.
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