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Chapter 3 vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| business financial goals | direction for financial plans of a business |
| creditor | individual or organization that provides funds to a business with repayment agreement with interest set for a future date |
| principal | amount of money borrowed |
| interest | amount paid for money borrowing privileges |
| collateral | asset promised by a business to a creditor if loan repayment isn't completed |
| financial statement | reports prepared according to accepted accounting standards providing financial information of an enterprise |
| balance sheet | statement of a financial position, identifies assets, liabilities, and equity of business on a specific date |
| assets | things businesses own and use as part of business operations |
| depreciation | decline in value of asset as it ages |
| liabilities | things businesses owe to others |
| owner's equity | total value that all owners and investors have in a firm |
| income statement | provides view of financial changes in a business that have occurred during specific time period |
| cash flow statement | prepared to show hoe cash is used by a business during specific time period |
| financial budget | projected financial statement for specific future time period |
| budget discrepancies | differences between budgeted amounts and financial performance, to improve future budgeting and recognize effects on financial factors |
| operating budget | projects all income and expenses for the operations of a business for a specific future time period |
| capital budget | plan to acquire and finance long-term assets of a business |
| trend analysis | examines financial performance over several periods of tie to determine patterns |
| interest rates | cost of borrowing money, expressed as the percentage of borrowed amount, usually over 1 year time period |
| future value | FV, is amount to which and amount of money will grow in a defined time period at specified investment rate |
| time value of money | difference in purchasing power of amount of money at future date |
| present value | current value of amount of money to by received at future date based on specified investment rate |