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2.1
Accounting
Term | Definition |
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Free Enterprise System | A system in which individuals are free to produce the goods and services they choose |
Profit | The amount earned above the amount of expense incurred to keep the business operating |
Loss | The result when a business spends more money than it earns |
Entreprenuer | A person who transfers ideas for products or services into real-world business |
Capital | Money supplied by investors, banks, or owners of a business |
Service Business | A business that provides a needed service for free |
Merchandising Business | A business that buys finished goods and resells them to individuals or other businesses |
Manufacturing Business | A business that buys raw materials and transforms them into finished products by using labor and machinery |
Sole Proprietorship | A business owned by one person |
Partnership | A business owned by two or more person, called partners, who agree to operate the business as co-workers |
Corporation | A business organization recognized by law to have a life of its own |
Charter | The legal permission, granted by a state, that gives a corporation certain rights and privileges and spells out the rules under which the corporation is operate |
Accounting Sytem | A system designed to collect, document, and report on business transactions |
Manual Accounting System | A type of accounting system in which information is processed by hand |
Computerized Accounting System | A type of accounting system in which information is recorded by entering it into a computer |
GAAP | The set rules that all accountants use to prepare financial reports |
Financial Reports | Documents that present summarized information about the financial status of business |
Financial Accounting | The type of accounting that focuses on reporting information to external users |
Management Accounting | The type of accounting that focuses on reporting information to management; often referred to as accounting for internal users of accounting information |
Business Entity | The accounting assumption that a business exists independently of its owners personal holdings. The accounting records and reports are maintained separatly and contain financial information related only to the business |
Accounting Period | The period of time covered by an accounting report |
Going Concern | The accounting assumption that a business is expected to operate indefinitely |