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F19 Acct 1.02 Vocab
Vocabulary for Accounting 1.02
Term | Definition |
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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 | The 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. |
Corporation | A 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 businesses. |
For-Profit business | A business that operates to earn a profit for its owners. |
Free Enterprise System | A system in which individuals are free to produce the goods and services they choose. |
Going Concern | The accounting assumption that a business is expected to survive and operate indefinitely. |
Loss | The result when a business spends more money than it earns. |
Manufacturing Business | A business that buys raw materials, transforms them into finished products by using labor and machinery, and sells the finished products to individuals or other businesses. |
Merchandising Business | A business that buys finished goods and resells them to individuals or other businesses. |
Non-Profit business | An organization that operated for purposes other than making a profit. |
Partnership | A business owned by two or more persons, called partners, who agree to operate the business as co-owners. |
Profit | The amount of money earned above the amount of expense incurred to keep the business operating. |
Service Business | A business that provides a needed service for a fee. |
Sole Proprietorship | A business owned by one person. |