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Chapter 2
Accounting
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Accounting Period | The period of time covered by an accounting report |
| Accounting System | A system designed to collect, document, and report on business transactions |
| 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 information related only to the business. |
| Capital | Money supplied by investors, banks, or owners of a business. |
| Charter | Legal permission, granted by a state, that gives a corporation certain rights and privileges and spells out the rules under which the corporation is to operate. |
| Computerized Accounting System | Type of accounting system in which information is recorded by entering it into a computer. |
| Corporation | Business organization recognized by law to have a life of its own |
| Entrepreneur | A person who transforms ideas for products or services into real-world business. |
| Financial Accounting | Type of accounting that focuses on reporting information to external users |
| Financial Reports | Documents that present summarized information about the financial status of a business. |
| Free Enterprise System | A system in which individuals are free to produce the goods and services they choose |
| GAAP | Set of rules that all accountants uses to prepare use to prepare financial reports |
| Going Concern | |
| Loss | |
| Management Accounting | |
| Manual Accounting System | |
| Manufacturing Business | |
| Merchandising Business | |
| Partnership | |
| Profit | |
| Service Business | |
| Sole Proprietorship |