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Finance and Planning
Junior Certificate Business Studies
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Trade Creditors | These are a person/firm to whom a business owes money. A company obtains goods/services from another business but does not pay for it immediately. |
| Bank Overdraft | The bank allows a firm to overdraw up to an agreed level |
| Expenses due | The business delays paying their bills for as long as possible. |
| Term loan | This is loan from a bank or other financial institution that is repaid over a period of between 1 and 5 years. |
| Leasing | This is an agreement with a finance company to pay an agreed amount each month for the use of an asset, e.g. car/van |
| Hire Purchase | This is an agreement with a finance company to pay an agreed amount each month for the use of an asset, e.g. car/van. The business owns the asset once the last repayment has been made. |
| Issue of ordinary shares | This is where a company sells shares in the business to raise money. Each year the shareholders may get a share of the profits called a dividend. |
| Retained earnings | This is when the profits made are kept in the business to pay for new equipment or future expansion. |
| Sale and Leaseback | This company sells a valuable asset to an investment company and then leases it back over a period of time E.g land/buildings. |
| Long Term Loan | This is a loan for up to 35 years. It needs to be paid back in instalments with interest |
| Grants | This is a non-repayable source of finance available from the government/European Union |
| Business Plan | A document used when the business is looking for a loan. It contains details about the business background, product/service, market research, sales promotion and finance. |
| Cashflow forecast | A plan showing all the expected cash receipts and cash payments in a firm over a period of time. |
| Cash receipt/inflow | Money going into the bank account E.g. Sales, grants, loans |
| Cash payment/outflow | Money going out of the bank account E.g. wages, electricity, purchases |
| Fixed costs | Costs which must be paid no matter what is sold or produced |
| Variable costs | Costs which vary according to the amount produced or sold |