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Accounting
Chapter 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Free Enterprise System | People are free to produce the goods and services they choose. |
| Profit | The money earned over and above the money spent |
| Loss | When you spend more money than you earn. |
| Entrepreneur | Someone who transforms ideas for products or services into real-world businesses. |
| Capital | Money that investors, banks, or business owners supply. |
| Service Business | Provides a needed service for a fee. |
| Merchandising Business | Buys finished products and resells them to individuals or other businesses |
| Manufacturing Business | Buys raw materials, uses labor and machinery to transform them into finished products, and sells the finished product to individuals or other businesses. |
| Sole Proprietorship | A business owned by one person. |
| Partnership | A business owned by two person. |
| Corporation | A business recognized by law to have a life of its own |
| Charter | Permission from the state for a corporation to operate. |
| Accounting System | Collects, documents, and reports a business transactions. |
| Manual Accounting System | Accounting done by hand. |
| Computerized Accounting System | Accounting is done by being entered into computer |
| GAAP | Generally accepted accounting principles |
| Financial Reports | Summarized reports about a businesses finances |
| Financial Accounting | Focuses on reporting info to external users |
| Management Accounting | Focuses on reporting info to internal users |
| Business Entity | The accounting assumption that a business exists independently of its owner's personal holdings. The accounting records and reports are maintained separately and contain financial info related only to the business. |
| Accounting Period | Period of time covered by an accounting report. |
| Going Concern | The accounting assumption that a business is expected to operate indefinitely. |