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Business essentials
Question | Answer |
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Accounting | The process of keeping and interpreting financial records |
Accounts payable | All monies owed by the business to others |
Accounts receivable | All monies owed to a firm by its customers |
Acquisitions of funds | Finance activity involving making decisions about a firm's investments |
Administration of assets | finance activity involving making decisions about a firm's investments |
Assets | anything of value that a business or individual owns |
Capital budgeting | A process in which a firm's financial managers determine which projects it should invest in |
Capital investment decisions | decisions that determine which projects a business will invest in, how the investments will be financed, and whether to pay dividend 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 of money paid to an investors or stockholder as earning 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 of how well a business generates cash flow in relation to the capital it has already invested 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 and accounting procedures |
Accounting | The process of keeping The process of keeping financial records |
Accounting cycle | A process or series of steps that businesses complateto maintain their financial records effectively |
Accounting standards | Rules that accountants must follow when preparing financial statements |
accounting system | The methods and procedures used in consistently handling the business's 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 |