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Accounting
Chapter 4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Chart of Accounts | A list of all the accounts and their assigned account numbers, used in journalizing transactions. |
| Ledger | A book or file containing a separate page for each business account; serves as a permanent record of financial transactions. |
| Double-entry accounting | A financial record keeping system in which each transaction affects at least two accounts; for each debit there must be an equal credit. |
| Debit | An amount entered on the left side of the T account. |
| Credit | An agreement to pay for a purchase at a later time; an entry to the right side of a T account. credit cards Cards containing a customer's name and account number presented when buying merchandise on account. |
| T account | An account shaped like a "T" that is used for analyzing transactions. |
| Normal balance | The increase side of an account: assets, debit side; liabilities and capital, credit side. The word normal used here means usual. |