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accounting chapter 1
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Accounting
9th Grade
01/20/2009

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Term
Accounting
Definition
Planning, recording analyzing, and interpreting financial information.
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Accounting System
Definition
A 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 activities.
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Service Business
Definition
A business that performs an activity for a fee.
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Proprietorship
Definition
A business owned by one person.
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Asset
Definition
Anything of value that's owned.
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Equities
Definition
Financial rights to the assets of a business.
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Liabilities

Definition
An amount owed by a business.
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Owner's Equity

Definition
The amount remaining after the value of all liabilites is subtracted from the value of all assets.
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Accounting Equation

Definition
An equation showing the relationship among assets, liabilites, and owner's equity.
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Transaction
Definition
A business activity that changes assets, liabilites, or owner's equity.
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Account
Definition
A record summarizing all the information pertaining to a single item in the accounting equation.
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Account Title
Definition
The 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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Revenue

Definition
An increase in owner's equity resulting from the operation of a business.
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Withdrawals
Definition
Assets taken out of a business for the owner's personal use.
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