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Accounting Chapter 1
Chapter 1 Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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AR “Accounts Receivable” | someone owes you money |
AP “Accounts Payable” | you owe money |
Account | a record summarizing all the information pertaining to a single item in the accounting equation |
Account Balance | the amount in the account |
Account Title | the name given to an account |
Accounting | planning, recording, analyzing, and interpreting financial information |
What is the Accounting Equation | Assets = Liabilities + Owner’s Equity |
Accounting Equation | an equation showing the relationship among assets, liabilities, and owner’s equity |
Accounting Records | organized summaries of a business’s financial activities |
Accounting Systems | planned process for providmg financial; information that will be useful in management |
Asset | anything of value that is owned |
Business Ethics | The use of ethics in making business decisions |
Capital | the account used to summarize the owner’s equity in a business |
Equities | financial rights to the assets of business of a business |
Ethics | the principles of right and wrong that guides an individual in making decisions |
Expense | a decrease in owner’s equity resulting from the operations of a business |
Financial Statements | financial reports that that summaries the financial conditions and operations of a business |
Liability | an amount owed by a business |
Owner’s Equity | the amount remaining after the value of all liabilities is subtracted from the value of all assets |
Proprietorship | a business owned by one person |
Revenue | an increase in owner’s equity resulting from the operation of a business |
Sale on Account | a sale for which cash will be received at a later date |
Service Business | a business that performs an activity for a fee |
Transactions | a business activity that changes assets, liabilities, or owner’s equity |
Withdrawals | assets taken out of a business for the owner’s personal use |