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Plant Assets, Natural Resources, and Intangible Assets.

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Accelerated Depreciation Method   Depreciation method that produces higher depreciation expense in the early years than in the later years.  
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Additions and Improvements   Costs incurred to increase the operating efficiency productive capacity, or useful life of a plant asset.  
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Amortization   The allocation of the cost of an intangible asset to expense over its useful life in a systematic and rational manner.  
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Asset Turnover Ratio   A measure of how efficiently a company uses its assets to generate sales; calculated as net sales divided by average total assets.  
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Capital Expenditures   Expenditures that increase the company's investment in productive facilities.  
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Copyright   Exclusive grant from the federal government that allows the owner to reproduce and sell an artistic or published work.  
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Declining-Balance Method   depreciation method that applies a constant rate to the declining book value of the asset and produces a decreasing annual depreciation expense over the useful life of the asset.  
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Depletion   The allocation of the cost of a natural resource to expense in a rational and systematic manner over the resources useful life.  
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Depreciation   The process of allocating to expense the cost of a plant asset over its useful life in a rational and systematic manner.  
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Depreciable Cost   The cost of a plant asset less it's salvage value.  
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Franchise License   A contractual arrangement under which the franchisor grants the franchisee the right to sell certain products, provide specific services, or use certain trademarks of trade names, usually within a designated geographical area.  
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Going-Concern Assumption   States that the company will continue in operation for the foreseeable future.  
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Goodwill   The value of all favorable attributes that relate to a business enterprise.  
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Intangible Assets   Rights, privileges, and competitive advantages that result from the ownership of long-lived assets that do not possess physical substance.  
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Licenses   Operating rights to use public property, granted to a business enterprise by a governmental agency.  
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Materiality Principle   If an item would not make a difference in decision making, a company does not have to follow GAAP in reporting it.  
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Natural Resources   Assets that consist of standing timber and underground deposits of oil, gas, or minerals.  
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Ordinary Repairs   Expenditures to maintain the operating efficiency and productive life of the unit.  
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Patent   An exclusive right issued by the U.S Patent Office that enables the recipient to manufacture, sell, or otherwise control an invention for a period of 20 years from the date of the grant.  
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Plant Assets   Tangible resources that are used in the operations of the business and are not intended for sale to customers.  
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Research and Development (R&D) Costs   Expenditures that may lead to patents, copyrights, new processes, or new products.  
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Revenue Expenditures   Expenditures that are immediately charged against revenues as an expense.  
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Salvage Value   An estimate of an asset's value at the end of its useful life.  
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Trademark (Trade Name)   A word, phrase, jingle, or symbol that identifies a particular enterprise or product.  
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Units-of-Activity Method   Depreciation method in which useful life is expressed in terms of the total units of production or use expected from an asset.  
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Useful Life   An estimate of the expected productive life, also called service life, of an asset.  
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