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Key Terms
Term | Definition |
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Internal Controls | procedures within the business that are designed to protect cash and other assets and to keep reliable records. |
External Controls | the measures and procedures provided outside the business to protect cash and other assets. |
Checking Account | allows a person or business to deposit cash in a bank and to write checks against the account balance. |
Check | a written order from a depositor telling the bank to pay a stated amount of cash to the person or business named on the check. |
Depositor | a person or business that has cash on deposit in a bank. |
signature card | a card that contains the signatures of the persons authorized to write checks on the account. |
deposit slip | a bank form listing the cash and checks to be deposited. |
endorsment | an authorized signature written or stamped on the back of a check that transfers ownership of the check. |
blank endorsement | includes only the signature or stamp of the depositor. |
special endorsement | transfers ownership to a specific individual or business |
restrictive endorsement | transfers ownership to a specific owner and then limits or restricts how a check may be handled even after ownership is transferred. |
payee | the person or business to which a check is written. |
drawer | the person who signs a check |
drawee | the bank on which the check is written |
voiding a check | if an error is made while writing a check, the check is marked "Void" in large letters across the front. |
bank statement | an itemized record of all transactions in a depositor's account over a given period, usually a month. |
canceled checks | |
imaged checks | substitute checks |
reconciling the bank statement | |
outstanding checks | |
outstanding deposits | |
bank service charge | |
stop payment order | |
NSF check | |
check 21 | |
postdated check | |
electronic funds transfer system | |
bankcard | |
automated teller machine (ATM) |