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Chapter 1
Term | Definition |
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accounting | planning, recording, analyzing, interpreting financial information |
accounting system | planned process to provide financial information useful to manage |
accounting records | organized financial summary |
financial statements | financial reports summarizing the financial condition of a business |
service business | business performs activity for fee |
proprietorship | business owned by 1 person |
asset | anything of value owned |
equities | financial rights to the assets of a business |
liability | amount owed by a business |
owner's equity | amount after assets amount minus liabilities amount |
accounting equation | assets=liabilities-owner's equity |
ethics | right and wrong priciples that help individuals make decisions |
business ethics | use of ethics in making business decisions |
transaction | business activity that changes assets liabilities, or owner's equity |
account | record of a single item in the accounting equation |
account title | name given to an account |
account balance | amount in an account |
capital | account used to summarize owner's equity |
revenue | increase in owner's equity because of business operation |
sale on account | sale--cash is received at a later date |
expense | decrease in owner's equity because of business operation |
withdrawls | assets removed from business for owner's personal use |