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finance/accounting
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| accounting | the process of keeping and interpreting financial records |
| accounts payable | all money owed by the business to others |
| accounts receivable | all money owed to a firm by its customers |
| acquisitions of funds | finance activities involving making decisions about financing |
| administration of assets | finance activities involving making decisions about a firm's investments |
| assets | anything of value that a business or individual owns |
| capital budgeting | a process in which a firm's financial managers |
| capital investing decisions | |
| capital structure | |
| cash conversion cycle | |
| debt funding | |
| dividend | |
| equity funding | |
| finance | |
| financing | |
| return on capital | |
| venture capital | |
| working capital management | |
| accountant | |
| accounting cycle | |
| accounting standards | |
| accounting system | |
| accrual accounting method | |
| balance sheet | |
| bookkeeping | |
| cash | |
| cash accounting method | |
| cash flow statement | |
| credit | |
| expenditures | |
| expenses | |
| financial statement | |
| financial accounting | |
| income | |
| income statement | |
| investors | |
| journal | a special book or computer program in which a |
| ledger | the accounting record for a specific department or area of the businesses |
| liabilities | debts that the business owes |
| managerial accounting | a type of business that involves preparing, reporting financial data, controls day to day operations, makes financial decisions, and plans affecting the business |
| net worth | the total value of the business |
| owners equity | the amount a owner has invested in the business plus or minus profits and losses |
| transaction | a business activity such as a sale a purchase or a return |
| trial balance | the listing of a businesses different accounts and their current balances used to check the accuracy of journal and ledger entries |