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Accounting 205 Chapter 12
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Undergraduate 2
05/04/2012

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Additional Paid-In Capital
Definition
The paid-in capital in excess of par plus other accounts combined for reporting on the balance sheet. (AKA: Paid-in capital in excess of par.
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Arrears
Definition
 A preferred stock dividend is in arrears if the cumuloative dividend has not been paid for the year.
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Authorization of Stock
Definition
Provision in a corporate charter that gives the state's permission for the corporation to issue-that is, to sell-a certain maximum number of shares of stock
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Book Value per Share of Stock
Definition
Amound of owners' equity on the company's books for each share of its stock.
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Capital Stock
Definition
Represents that individual's ownership of the corporation's capital.
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Cumulative Preferred Stock
Definition
Preferred Stock whose owners must receive all the dividends in arrears before the corporation pays dividends to the common stockholders.
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Deficit
Definition
Debit balance in the Retained earnings account
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Issue Price
Definition
The price the stock initially sells for the first time it is sold
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Legal Capital
Definition
The portion of stockholders' equity that cannot be used for dividends
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Liquidation Value
Definition
The amound guarenteed to the preferred shareholders in the event a company liquidates
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Market Value
Definition
Price for which a person could buy or sell a share of stock
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No Par Stock
Definition
No arbitrary amount(par) is assigned by a company to share of its stock
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Outstanding Stock
Definition
Issued stock in the hands of stockholders
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Par Value
Definition
Arbitrary amount assigned by a company to share of its stock
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Preferred Stock
Definition
Stock that gives its owners certain advantages over common stockholders, such as the right to receive dividends before the common stockholders and the right to receive assets before the common stockholders if the coporation liquidates 
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Premium
Definition
The amount above par at which a stock is issued
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Rate of Return on Common Stockholders' Equity
Definition

   Net income -  preferred dividends     

Average common stockholders' equity

 

A measure of profitability...AKA: return on equity

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Share
Definition
Portions into which the owners' equity of a corporation is divided
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Rate of Return on Total Assets
Definition

    Net income + interest expense    

Average total assets

 

Measures the success a company has in using its assets to earn income for those fnancing the business...AKA return on assets

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Stated Value
Definition
An arbitrary amount that accountants treat as though it were par value
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Stock Certificate
Definition
Paper evidencing ownership in a corporation
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Underwriter
Definition
A firm, such as Morgan Stanley, that usually agrees to buy all the stock a company wants to issue if the firm cannot sell all of the stock to its clients
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