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Financial Accounting Chapter 2
Financial Accounting 8e, Harrison
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Undergraduate 1
03/01/2013

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Term
Account
Definition
The record of the changes that have occured in a particular asset, a liability, or stockholders' equity during a period. The basic summary device of accounting.
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Accrued Liability
Definition
A liability for an expense that has not yet been paid by the company.
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Cash
Definition
Money and any medium of exchange that a bank accepts at face value.
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Chart of Accounts
Definition
List of a company's accounts and their account number.
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Credit
Definition
The right side of an account
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Debit
Definition
The left side of an account.
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Journal
Definition
The chronological accounting record of an entity's transactions.
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Ledger
Definition
The book of accounts and their balances.
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Posting
Definition
Copying amounts from the journal to the ledger.
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Transactions
Definition
Any even that has a financial impact on the business and can be measured reliably.
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Trial Balance
Definition
A list of all the ledger accounts with their balances.
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D.E.A.D
Definition
Debits are all Expenses, Assets, and Dividends.
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Assets
Definition
Cash, Accounts Receivable, Notes Receivable, Inventory, Prepaid Expenses, Land, Buildings, Equipment, Furniture, and Fixtures.
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Liabilities
Definition
Accounts Payable, Notes Payable, Accrued Liabilities.
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Stockholders' (Owners') Equity
Definition
Common Stock, Retained Earnings, Dividends, Revenues, Expenses.
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