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Accounting
Chapter 11
Term | Definition |
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internal Controls | Procedures within a business designed to protect cash and other assets |
External Controls | Procedures outside a business designed to protect cash and other assets |
Checking Account | Allows a person to deposit cash in a bank and to write checks against the account balance |
Check | Written order from a depositor telling the bank to pay the stated amount of cash to the person or business named on the check |
Depositor | Person or Business that has cash on deposit in a bank |
Signature Card | Contains signatures of the persons authorized to write checks on account |
Deposit Slip | Bank form listing the cash and checks to be deposited |
Endorsement | Authorized signature written or stamped on the back of a check that transfers ownership of the check |
Blank Endorsement | Includes only the signature or stamp of the depositor. |
Special Endorsement | Transfers ownership to a specific business or person |
Restrictive Endorsement | Transfers ownership then limits how a check can be handled, even after ownership is transferred |
Payee | Person or Business the check is written to |
Drawer | Person who signs the check |
Drawee | Bank on which the check is written |
Voiding a Check | if an error is made while writing a check, write VOID in large across the front of the check in ink |
Bank Statement | Itemized record of all transactions in a depositors account over a period of time |
Canceled Checks | Paid by the bank, Subtracted from depositors account and sent back to the Drawee |
Imaged Checks | Copies of the original checks |
Reconciling the Bank Statement | Determining any differences in the bank statement and checkbook balance |
Outstanding Checks | Checks that have been written but not cashed |
Outstanding Deposits | Deposits that have been made and recorded in the checkbook but do not appear on the bank statement |
Bank Service Charge | Fee for maintaing Bank Records |
Stop Payment Order | Demand by the drawer that a bank not honor a certain check |
NSF | Not Sufficient funds cheack. |
Check 21 | Allows conversion of a check from paper to an electronic image for faster processing |
Postdated Check | Check that should not be deposited until the date on the check |
Electron Funds Transfer System (EFTS) | used to handle a large amount of transfers |
Bank Card | Bank Issued Card that can be used at an ATM |
Automated Teller Machine (ATM) | computer terminal used to conduct banking activities |