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cycle one
sole proprietorship
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Accounting
12th Grade
10/12/2006

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accounting
Definition
planning, recording, analyzing, and interpreting financial information
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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 activities
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service business
Definition
a business that performs an activity for a fee
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proprietorship
Definition
business owned by one person
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asset
Definition
anything of value that is owned
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equities
Definition
financial rights to the assets of a business
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liability
Definition
an amount owed by a business
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owner's equity
Definition
the amount remaining after the value of all liabilities is subtracted form the value of all assets
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accounting equation
Definition
assets = liabilities + owner's equity
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transaction
Definition
a business activity that changes assets, liabilities or owner's equity
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account
Definition
record summarizing all information pertaining to a single item in the accounting equation
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account title
Definition
name given to an account
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acount balance
Definition
amount in an account
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capital
Definition
account used to summarize the owner's equity in a business
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balance sheet
Definition
a financial statement that reports assets, liabilities, and owner's equity on a specific date
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revenue
Definition
increase in owner's equity resulting from the operation of a business
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sale on account
Definition
a sale for which cash will be received at a later date
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expense
Definition
decrease in owner's equity resulting from the operation of a business
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withdrawal
Definition
assets taken out of a business for owner's personal use
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T- account
Definition
accounting device used to analyze transactions
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normal balance
Definition
side of account that is increased
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