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Chapter 2

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Free Enterprise System   People are free to produce the goods and services they choose.  
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Profit   The amount of money earned over and above the amount spent to keep the business operating  
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Loss   Businesses that spend more money than they earn.  
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Entrepreneur   A person who transforms ideas for products or services into real-world businesses.  
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Capital   Money that investors, banks, or business owners supply.  
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Service Business   Provides a need service for a fee.  
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Merchandising Business   Buys finished products and resells them to individuals or other businesses.  
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Manufacturing Business   Buys raw materials, uses labor and machinery to transform them into finished products, and sells them to individuals or other businesses.  
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Sole Proprietorship   A business owned by one person.  
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Partnership   A business owned by two or more persons who agree to operate the business as co-owners.  
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Corporation   A business recognized by law to have a life of its own.  
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Charter   Gives a corporation certain rights and privileges.  
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Accounting System   Designed to collect, document, and report on financial transactions affecting the business.  
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Manual Accounting System   The accounting information is processed by hand.  
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Computerized Accounting System   The financial information is recorded by entering it into a computer.  
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GAAP   Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.  
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Financial Reports   Summarized information about the financial status of a business.  
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Financial Accounting   Focuses on reporting information to external users.  
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Management Accounting   Focuses on reporting information to management, is often referred to as accounting for internal users of accounting information.  
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Business Entity   Exists independently of its owner's personal holdings.  
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Accounting Period   A period of time covered by an accounting report.  
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Going Concern   A business that is expected to continue and grow.  
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