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Acct 11
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Internal Controls | Procedures within a business that are designed to protect cash and other assets and to keep reliable records. |
| External controls | measures and prosedures provided outside the business to protect cash and other assets |
| Checking account | allows person or business 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 a stated amount of cash to the person or business named on the check |
| Depositor | a person or business that has cash on deposit in a bank. |
| Signature card | Business owner fills this out to open a checking account |
| Deposit Slip | bank form listing the cash and checks to be deposited. |
| Endorsement | an authorized signature written or stamped on the back of a check that transfers ownership of check |
| Blank indorsement | Includes only the signature or stamp of depositer |
| Special Endorsment | transfers ownership of check to a specific individual or business |
| Restrictive Endorsement | Transfers ownership to a specific owner then limits, or restricts, how a check may be handled even after ownership is transfered. |
| Payee | person or business to which a check is written |
| Drawer | person who signs a check |
| Drawee | The bank on which the check is written |
| Voiding a check | If error was made while writting the check, the check is marked "Void" in large letters across the front. |
| Bank Statement | an itemized record of all transactions in a depositor's account over a given period |
| canceled checks | Checks paid and deducted from the depositors account. |
| imaged check | copies of origional. |
| reconciling the bank statement | Process of determinating any differences between the bank statement and the checkbook. |
| Outstanding checks | Checks that have been written but have not yet been presented to bank for payment. |
| Outstanding Deposits | deposits that have been made and recorded in the checkbook but do not appear in the bank statement |
| Bank service charge | a fee for maintaining bank records and processing bank statement items for the depositors |
| Stop payment order | demand by drawer |
| NSF Check | check returned to the depositor by the bank because the drawer's checking account does not have enough funds to cover the amount. |
| Check 21 | The check clearing for the 21st century act |
| Postdated check | check that has a future date instead of the actual date |
| Electronic Funds transfer system (EFTS) | allows banks to transfer funds among accounts quickly and accurately without the exchange of checks. |
| Bankcard | bank issued card that can be used at an ATM |
| Automated teller machine (ATM) | computer terminal outside a bank or different location. |