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Chapter 29
Section 29.1 The basics of checking accounts-29.2 account records-allcorn
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A written order directing a bank or other financial institution to pay money on demand to the person or company named on it | Check |
| Allows electronic transfers of payments directly from the payers account to the account of the person being paid | Direct Deposit |
| An account that earns interest on the balance for the depositor | Interest-Bearing Account |
| A record of an account holder's signature used to verify identity | Signature Card |
| Means that the account owner has written checcks for more money than the balance in the account | Overdrawn |
| A line of credit for overdrawn checks | Overdraft Protection |
| An order for a bank not to cash a particular check | Stop Payment |
| A bank card that immediately takes money from a checking account when it is used | Debit Card |
| An urgent request | Demand |
| To examine and note the similarities or differences of | Compare |
| Shared by two or more parties | Common |
| To devise for a specific function or end | Designed |
| SECTION 29.2 | ACCOUNT RECORDS |
| A check book log in which an acount holder records checking account transactions | Check Register |
| The signaure of the payee on the back of the check | Endorsment |
| The banks record of all the transactions in a checking account | Bank Statement |
| Checks that have been cashed | Canceled Checks |
| The process of seeing hwether an account holders records agree with the banks records for the account | Bank Reconciliation |
| Checks that have been written but have not yet been cashed | Outstanding Checks |
| The party to whom the check is written or who is cashing the check | Payee |
| The party who wrote the check and is paying the money or drawing it from an account | Drawer |
| The financial institution where the drawer has an account | Drawee |
| An established or selected course, travel, or action | Route |
| Discober signs, evidence or remains of | Traces |
| HAving legal efficacy of force | Valid |
| The act of making something different | Alteraion |