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Principles of Accounting
Chapter 2
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Accounting
Undergraduate 1
06/09/2012

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Term
Account
Definition
The form used to record additions and deductions for each individual asset, liability, owner's equity, revenue, and expenses.
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Assets
Definition
Resources that are owned by the business.
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Balance of the Account
Definition
The amount of difference between the debits and the credits that have been entered into an account.
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Chart of Accounts
Definition
The system of accounts that make up the ledger for a business.
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Credit
Definition
(1) the right side of an account; (s) the amount entered on the right side of an account; (3) to enter an amount on the right side of an account.
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Debit
Definition
(1) The left side of an account; (2) the amount entered on the left side of an account; (3) to enter an amount on the left side of an account.
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Double-entry accounting
Definition
A system for recording transactions, based on recording increases and decreases in accounts so the debuts always equal credits.
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Drawing
Definition
The account used to record amounts withdrawn by an owner of a proprietorship.
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Expenses
Definition
Assets used up or services consumed in the process of generating revenue.
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Journal
Definition
The initial record in which the effects of a transaction on accounts are recorded.
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Journal Entry
Definition
The form of recording a transaction in a journal.
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Journalizing
Definition
The process of recording a transaction in a journal.
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Ledger
Definition
The group of accounts used by a business.
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Liabilities
Definition
The rights of creditors that represent the debts of the business.
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Materiality concept
Definition
A concept of accounting that accounts for items that are deemed significant for a given size of operations.
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Posting
Definition
The process of transferring debits and credits from a journal to the accounts.
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Slide
Definition
the erroneous movement of all digits in a number, one or more spaces to the right or the left, such as writing $542 as $5,240.
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T Account
Definition
A form of account resembling the letter T, showing debits on the left and credits on the right.
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Transposition
Definition
the erroneous arrangement of digits in a number, such as writing $542 as $524.
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Trial balance
Definition
A summary listing of the titles and balances of the accounts in the ledger.
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Two-column journal
Definition
An all-purpose journal.
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