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BE 4.01 Glossary
Role of Finance
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Accounting | The process of keeping and interpreting financial records |
| Accounts payable | All monies owed by the business to others |
| Acquisition of funds | Finance activity involving making decisions about a financing |
| Administration of assets | Finance activity involving making decisions about a firm's investments |
| Assets | Anything of value that a business or individuals owns |
| Capital budgeting | A process in which a firms financial managers determine which projects it should invest in |
| 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 |
| Capital structure | A firm's mix of financing, usually some combination of dept and equality |
| Cash conversion cycle | ration that refers to the number of days between a company paying for raw materials and receiving cash from selling the products made from those raw materials |
| Dept funding | Using money that is lent by a bank or other institution to finance a project |
| Dividend | A sum of money paid to an investor or stockholder as earnings on an investment |
| Equity funding | Using money from investors to finance a project in exchange for shares in the company |
| Finance | In business, the function that involves all money and money management |
| Return or capital | A measure how well a business generates cash flow in relation to the capital it has already invested in itself |
| Venture capital | Invested money used for new business opportunities |
| Working capital management | Management of a firms current balance of assets and liabilities involves accounts payable and receivable inventory and cash |
| Accounting | The process of keeping financial records |
| Accountant | An individual who has had specialized training in accounting procedures |
| Accounting cycle | A process or series of steps that businesses complete to maintain their financial records effectively |
| Accounting standards | Rules that accountants must follow when preparing financial statement |
| Accounting system | The methods and procedures used in consistently handling the business's financial information |
| Accrual accounting method | A method of accounting that records transactions at the time they occur even if no money changes hands at the time |
| Assets | Anything of value that a business owns |
| Balance sheets | A financial statement that captures the financial condition of the business at that particular moment |
| Bookkeeping | The steps of the accounting cycle that involve recording each business transaction the process of analyzing financial transactions journalizing transactions posting to ledgers and balancing the books |
| Cash | Currency and coins |
| Cash accounting methods | An accounting method in which income and expenditures are recorded at the time the money will flow into and out of a business |
| Cash flow statement | A financial summary with estimates as to when where and how much money will flow into and out of a business |
| Credit | The arrangement by which business or individuals can purchase naos and pay later |
| Expenditures | The monies hat a business spends also called expenses |
| Expenses | The monies that a business spends also called expenditures |
| Financial accounting | A type of accounting that involves preparing and reporting financial data to external users who are directly involved in business operations |
| Income | Money received by a business or an individual from outside sources |
| income statement | A financial summary that shows how much money the business has made or has made or has lost; also called the profit and loss statement |
| Investors | Those who invest their funds in a business may be owners or stockholders |
| Journal | A special book or computer program in which a business transactions are recorded in the order in which they occur |
| Ledger | The accounting record for a specific department or area of the business |
| Liabilities | Debts that the business owes |
| Managerial accounting | A type of accounting that involves preparing and reporting financial data to internal users, usually managers who need financial information to control day to day operations and to make a financial decisions and plans affecting the business |
| Net worth | The total value of the business |
| Owners equity | The amount an owners 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 business different accounts and their current balances used to check the accuracy of journal and ledger entries |