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property | anything of value that a person or business owns and therefore controls |
financial claim | a legal right to an item |
credit | when you buy something and agree to pay for it later |
creditor | the business or person selling you the item on credit |
assets | property or items of value owned by a business |
equities | the accounting term for financial claims to assets |
owner’s equity | the owner’s claims to the assets of the business |
liabilities | the creditor’s claims to the assets of the business; in other words, the debts |
accounting equation | the relationship between assets and the two types of equities - liabilities and owner's equity |
business transaction | an economic event that causes a change |
account | a subdivision under assets, liabilities, or owner’s equity |
accounts receivable | the total amount of money owed to a business |
accounts payable | the amount owed, or payable, to the creditors of a business |
on account | when a business buys an item on credit |
revenue | income earned from the sale of goods or services |
expense | the cost of products or services used to operate a business |
withdrawal | removal of cash or another assets from the business for the owner’s personal use |