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Norma Gomez
Chapter 1.1 Facts
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Accounting
10th Grade
09/06/2006

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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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Proprietorship-
Definition
a business owned by one person.
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Asset-
Definition
anything of value that is owned.
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Asset-
Definition
anything of value that is owned.
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Asset-
Definition
anything of value that is owned.
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Asset-
Definition
anything of value that is owned.
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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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Equities-
Definition
financial rights to the assets of a business.
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Liability-
Definition
an amount owned by a business.
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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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What is a Transaction?
Definition
Is a business activity that changes assets, liabilities, or owner's equity.
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What is an account?
Definition
A record summarizing all the information pertaining to a single item in the accounting equation.
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What is an account title?
Definition
The name given to an account.
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What is the cash account for?
Definition
The Cash account is used to summarize information about the amount of money the business has available. The Cash account is an asset account.
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What is the account balance?
Definition
The amount in an account.
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What is Capital?
Definition
The account used to summarize the owner's equity in a business.
The Capital account is an owner's equity account.
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What is Encore Music's Capital account called?
Definition
Barbra Trevino, Capital
This account summarizes the owner's equity in Encore.
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What is a balance sheet?
Definition
It is a financial statement that reports assets, liabilities, and owner's equity on a specific date.
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What are the major sections of a balance sheet?
Definition
1) Assets- located on the left side of the accounting equation, which means that assets are also listed on the left side of the balance sheet.
2) Liabilities-located on the right side of the accounting equation, which means that liabilities are also on the right side of the balance sheet.
3) Owner's Equity- located on the right side of the accounting equation, which means that Owner's Equity is also listed on the right side of the balance sheet.
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