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Budget and Banking
Term | Definition |
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ATM | An automated teller machine (ATM) is an electronic banking outlet |
Account Balance | is the amount of money in a financial repository |
Bank Reconciliation | . is a process that explains the difference on a specified date between the bank balance shown in an organization's bank statement, |
Budget | an estimate of income and expenditure for a set period of time |
Checking account | an account at a bank against which checks can be drawn by the account depositor. |
Check Register | is a document, usually part of the general ledger, used to record financial transactions in cash. |
Cleared check | The process in which a bank collects the funds on a check deposit from the issuing institution |
Credit Union | nonprofit-making money cooperative whose members can borrow from pooled deposits at low interest rates. |
Debit Card | a card issued by a bank allowing the holder to transfer money electronically to another bank account when making a purchase. |
Deposit | a sum of money placed or kept in a bank account, usually to gain interest. |
Direct deposit | the electronic transfer of a payment directly from the account of the payer to the recipient's account |
Endorse | sign (a check or bill of exchange) on the back to make it payable to someone other than the stated payee or to accept responsibility for paying it. |
Expense | the cost required for something; the money spent on something. |
FDIC | The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is the U.S. corporation insuring deposits in the United States against bank failure. |
Fees | an estate of land, especially one held on condition of feudal service. |
Financial Literacy | "the ability to use knowledge and skills to manage financial resources effectively for a lifetime of financial well-being." |
Financial Security | refers to the peace of mind you feel when you aren't worried about your income being enough to cover your expenses |
Fixed expense | is an expense that will be the same total amount regardless of changes in the amount of sales, production, or some other activity |
Income | money received, especially on a regular basis, for work or through investments |
Interest | money paid regularly at a particular rate for the use of money lent, or for delaying the repayment of a debt |
Loan overdraft | A bank overdraft is a limit on borrowing on a bank current account |
Memo | written message, especially in business |
Needs | cannot avoid or help doing something |
Non sufficient funds (NSC) | a term used in the banking industry to indicate that a cheque cannot be honored because insufficient funds are available in the account |
Online banking | a method of banking in which transactions are conducted electronically via the Internet. |
Payee | a person to whom money is paid or is to be paid, especially the person to whom a check is made payable. |
Payer | a person or organization that gives someone money that is due for work done, goods received, or a debt incurred. |
Reconcile | make (one account) consistent with another, especially by allowing for transactions begun but not yet completed. |
Savings | the money one has saved, especially through a bank or official scheme. |
Variable expenses | is a corporate expense that changes in proportion with production output. |
Wants | lack or be short of something desirable or essential |
Withdrawal | an act of taking money out of an account |
Exemption | the circumstances of a taxpayer, as age or number of dependents, that allow him or her to make certain deductions from taxable income |