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401A
Business Activity
Term | Definition |
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Accountant | An individual who has had specialized training in accounting procedures |
Accounting | the process of keeping financial records |
Accounting cycle | A process or series of steps that business complete to maintain their financial records effectively |
Accounting standards | rules that accountants must follow when preparing financial statements |
Acquisition of funds | finance activity involving making decisions about financing |
Administration of assets | finance activity involving making decisions about a frim's investments |
Assets | anything of value that a business owns |
Balance sheet | a financial statement that captures the finacial condition of the business at that particular moment |
Capital investment decisions | decisions that determine which projects a business will invest in , how the investment(s) will be financed ,and whether to pay dividends to shareholders |
Cash flow statement | a finacial summary with estimates as to when ,where , and how much money will flow into and out of a business |
Dividends | a sum of money paid to an investor or stockholder as earnings on an investment |
Expenses | the monies that business spends;also called expenditures |
Finance | in business the function that involves all money and money management matters |
Financial statement | a summary of accounting information |
Income | money received by a business or an individual from outside surces |
Income statement | a financial summary that shows how much money the business has made or has lost ;also called the profit -and - loss -statement |
Liabilities | debts that the business owes |
Net worth | the total value of the business |
Owner's equity | the amount an owner has invested in the business plus or minus profits and losses |