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business essentials
Term | Definition |
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Accounting | the process of keeping and interpreting financial records |
Accounts payable | all monies owed by the business to other |
Accounts receivable | all monies owed to a firm by its customers |
Acquisition of funds | finance activity involving making decision about financing |
Administration of asset | finance activity inolving making decision about a firm investmrnt |
Asset | anything of value that a business or individual owns |
capital budgeting | a process in which a firm financial managers determine which project it should invest in |
capital investment decisions | decisi an investorons that determine which projects a business will invest in, how the investments will be financed, and whether to pay dividends to shareholders. |
capital structure | a firm's mix of financing, usually some combination of debt and equity. |
cash conversion cycle | ratio that refers to the number of days between a company paying for raw materials and receiving cash from selling the products made from those raw materials. |
debt funding | using money that is lent by a bank or other institution to finance a project. |
dividend | a sum f money paid to |
capital structure | a firm's mix of financing, usually some combination of debt and equity. |
cash conversion cycle | ratio that refers to the number of days between a company paying for raw materials and receiving cash from selling the products made from those raw materials. |
debt funding | using money that is lent by a bank or other institution to finance a project. |
dividend | a sum f money paid to |
capital structure | a firm's mix of financing, usually some combination of debt and equity. |
cash conversion cycle | ratio that refers to the number of days between a company paying for raw materials and receiving cash from selling the products made from those raw materials. |
debt funding | using money that is lent by a bank or other institution to finance a project. |
dividend | a sum f money paid to |
capital structure | a firm's mix of financing, usually some combination of debt and equity. |
cash conversion cycle | ratio that refers to the number of days between a company paying for raw materials and receiving cash from selling the products made from those raw materials. |
debt funding | using money that is lent by a bank or other institution to finance a project. |
dividend | a sum f money paid to investor or stockholder as earnings on an investment. |
equity funding | using money from investors to finance a project in exchange for shares in the company. |
finance | in business, the function that involves all money and money management matters. |
financing | funding a business activity or project through debt, equity, or venture capital. |
return on capital | a measure on how well a business generates cash flow in relation to the capital it has already invested in itself. |
venture capital | invested money used for new business opportunities. |
working capital management | management of a firm's current balance of assets and liabilities, involves accounts payable and receivable, inventory and cash. |
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 businesses complete to maintain their financial records effectively. |
accounting standard | rules that accountants must follow when preparing financial statements. |
accounting system | the methods and procedures used in consistently handling the business of financial information. |
accrual accounting method | a method of accounting that records transactions at the time they occur even if no money changes hands at the time. |
assets | anything of value that a business owns. |
balance sheet | a financial statement that captures the financial conditions of the business at that particular moment. |
bookkeeping` | the steps of the accounting cycle that involve recording each business transaction, the process of analyzing financial transactions, journalizing transactions, posting to ledgers, and balancing the books. |
cash | currency and coins. |
cash accounting method | a financial summary that estimates as to when, where, and how much money will flow into and out of a business. |
credit | the arrangement by which businesses or individuals can purchase now and pay later. |
expendatures | the monies that a business spends, also called expenses. |
expenses | the monies that a business spends, also called expenditures. |
financial accounting | a type of accounting that involves preparing and reporting financial data to external users who are not directly involved in business operations. |
financial statement | a summary of accounting information. |
income | money received by a business or an individual from outside sources. |
income statement | a financial summary that shows how much money the business has made or has lost =, also called the profit-and loss statement. |
investors | those who invest their funds in a business, may be owners or stockholders. |
journal | a special book or computer program in which a business's transactions are recorded in the order in which they occur. |
ledger | the accounting record for a specific department or area of the business. |
liabilities | debts that the business owes. |
managerial accounting | a type of accounting that involves preparing and reporting financial data to internal users, usually managers, who need financial information to control day-to-day operations and to make financial decisions and plans affecting the business. |
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. |
transaction | a business activity such as a sale, a purchase, or a return. |
trial balance | the listing of a business's different accounts and their current balances, used to check the accuracy of journal and ledger entries. |