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Sole Proprietorship
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Accounting
10th Grade
10/06/2006

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Term
Accounting
Definition
Planning, recording, analyzing, and interpreting financial informattion.
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Accounting System
Definition
planned process for providing financial information that will be useful to management.
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Accounting Records
Definition
organized summaries of a business's financial activites.
Term
Service Business
Definition
businesses that performs an activity for a fee.
Term
Proprietorship
Definition
business owned by one person.
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Asset
Definition
ownership with value.
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Equities
Definition
financial rights to the assets of a business.
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Liability
Definition
amount remaining after the value of all liabilites is subtracted from the value of all assets.
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Accounting Equation
Definition
Assets=Liability+Owner's Equity
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Transaction
Definition
business activity that changes assets, liabilites, or owner's equity.
Term
Unit of Measurement
Definition
applied when business transactions are stated in numbers that have a common values.
Term
Account
Definition
a record containing all the infomration pertaining to a single item in the accouting equation.
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Account Title
Definition
name given to an account.
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Account Balance
Definition
the amount in an account.
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Capital
Definition
the account used to summarize the owner's equity in a business
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Own Account
Definition
credit
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Journal
Definition
form for recording transactions in chronolgical order.
Term
Journalizing
Definition
recording transaction in journal.
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Special Amount Column
Definition
journal amount column headed with an account title.
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General Amount Column
Definition
journal amount that is not headed with an account title.
Term
Entry
Definition
information for each transaction recorded in a journal.
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Double-Entry Accounting
Definition
recording of debit and credit parts of a transaction.
Term
Source Document
Definition
business paper from which information is obtained for a journal entry.
Term
Invoice
Definition
a form describing the goods or services sold, the quantity, and the price.
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Sales Invoice
Definition
invoice used as a source document form recording a sale on account.
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Memorandum
Definition
form on which a brief message is written describing a transaction.
Term
Receipt
Definition
a business form giving written acknowledgement for cash received.
Term
Proving Cash
Definition
determining that the amount of cash agrees with accounting records.
Term
Ledger
Definition
a group of acounts
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General Ledger
Definition
a ledger that contains all accounts needed to prepare financial statements.
Term
Account Numbers
Definition
the number assigned to an account.
Term
File Maintenance
Definition
the procedure for arranging accounts in a general ledger, assigning account numbers, and keeping records current.
Term
Opening an account
Definition
writing an account title and number on the heading of an account.
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Posting
Definition
transferring information from a journal entry to a ledger account.
Term
Owner's Equity
Definition
amount remaining after the value of all liabilities is subtracted.
Term
Double-Entry Accounting
Definition
recording of debit and credit parts of a transaction.
Term
Checking Account
Definition
a bank account from which payments can be ordered by a depositor.
Term
Endorsement
Definition
a signature or stamp on the back of a check tranferring ownership.
Term
Blank Endorsement
Definition
an endorsement consisting only of the endorser's signature.
Term
Special Endorsement
Definition
an endorsement indicating a new owner of a check.
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Restrictive Endorsement
Definition
an endorsement restricting further tranfer of a check ownership.
Term
Bank Statement
Definition
a report of deposits, withdrawals, and bank balances sent to a depositor by a bank.
Term
Dishonored Check
Definition
a check that a bank refuses to pay.
Term
Dishonored Check
Definition
a check that a bank refuses to pay.
Term
Electronic Funds Tranfer
Definition
a computerized cash payments system that uses electronic impulses to tranfer funds.
Term
Debit Card
Definition
a bank card that, when making purchases automatically deducts the amount of the purchase from the checking account of the cardholder.
Term
Petty Cash
Definition
an amount of cash kept onhand and used for making small payments.
Term
Petty Cash Slip
Definition
a form showing proof of a petty cash payment.
Term
Postdated Check
Definition
a check with a future date on it.
Term
Partnership
Definition
a business in which two or more persons combine their assets and skills.
Term
Partner
Definition
each member of a partnership.
Term
Merchandising Business
Definition
a business that purchases and sells goods.
Term
Retail Merchandinsing Business
Definition
a merchandising business that sells to those who use or consume goods.
Term
Merchandise
Definition
goods that a merchandising business purchases to sell.
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Wholesale Merchandising Business
Definition
a business that buys and resells merchandise to retail merchandising business.
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Cost Of Merchandise
Definition
the price a business pays for goods it purchases to sell.
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Markup
Definition
the amount added to the cost of merchandise to establish the selling price.
Term
Vendor
Definition
a business from which merchandise is purchased or supplies or other assets are bought.
Term
Purchase Invoice
Definition
an invoice used as a source document for recording a purchase on account transaction.
Term
Terms of Sale
Definition
an agreement between a buyer and a seller about payment for merchandise.
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Owner's Equity
Definition
the amount remaining after the value of all liabilities is subtracted from the value of all assets.
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Balance Sheet
Definition
a financial statement that reports assets, liabilities, and owner's equity on a specfic date.
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