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Accounting Vocab and Important Information from Chap. 1

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Accounting   A record summarizing all the information pertaining to a single item in the accounting equation.  
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Accounting System   A planned process for providing financial information that will be useful to management.  
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Accounting Records   Organized summaries of a business's financial activities.  
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Financial Statements   Financial reports that summarize the financial condition and operations of a business.  
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Service Business   A business that performs and activity for a fee.  
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Proprietorship   A business owned by one person.  
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Asset   Anything of value that is owned.  
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Equities   Financial rights to the assets of a business.  
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Liability   An amount owed by a business.  
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Owner's Equity   The amount remaining after the value of all liabilities is subtracted from the value of all assets.  
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Accounting Equation   An equation showing the relationship among assets, liabilities, and owner's equity.  
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Ethics   The principles of right and wrong that guide an individual in making decisions.  
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Business Ethics   The use of ethics in making business decisions.  
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Transaction   A business activity that changes assets, liabilities, and owner's equity.  
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Account   A record summarizing all the information pertaining to a single item in the accounting equation.  
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Account Title   The name given to an account.  
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Acount Balance   The amount in an account.  
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Capital   The account used to summaraize the owner's equity in a business.  
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Revenue   An increase in owner's equity resulting from the operation of a business.  
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Sales on Account   A sale for which cash will be received at a later date.  
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Expense   A decrease in owner's equity from the operation of a business.  
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Withdrawals   Assets taken out of a business for the owner's personal use.  
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What is the Acounting Equation?   A=L+OE (Assets = Liabilities+Owner's Equity)  
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What acronym do you use to remember what accounting is?   PRAI (Planning, Recording, Analyzing, and Interpreting)  
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