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4.01 A
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| accountant | An individual who has specialized in accounting procedures |
| Accounting | the process of keeping financial records |
| Accounting cycle | A process of series of steps that businesses complete to maintain their financial records effectively |
| Accounting standers | rules that accountants must follow when preparing financial statements |
| Acquisition of funds | finance activity involving making decisions about financing |
| Administration of funds | finance activity involving making decisions about a firm's investments |
| Assets | anything of value that a business owns |
| balance sheet | A financial statement that captures the financial condition of business at a particular moment |
| capital investment decisions | decisions that determine which projects a business will invest in, how the investments will be financed, and whether to pay dividends to shareholders |
| cash flow statement | A financial summary with estimates as to when, where, and how much money will flow into and out of a business |
| dividends | A sum of money paid to an investor or stockholder as earnings on an investment |
| expenses | the monies that business spends; also called expenditures |
| finance | in business, the function that involes all money and money management matters |
| Financial statement | A summary of accounting information |
| income | money recived by a business or and individual from outside sources |
| income statement | a financial summary that shows how much money the business has made or has lost: also called the profit-and-loss statement |
| liabilities | debt that the business business owns |
| net worth | the total value of the business |
| owner's equity | the amount an owner has invested in the business plus or minus profits and losses |