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What is the definition of Asset?
What is a withdrawal?
debit
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Study Notes
Accounting Terms and Definitions
- Asset: Represents resources owned by a company. Examples include cash, accounts receivable, inventory, and property.
- Withdrawal: A debit entry that indicates the removal of funds or resources from an account.
- Expense: A debit entry that reflects costs incurred by the company, such as advertising, salaries, and insurance.
- Liability: Obligations or debts owed by a company, indicated by credit entries. Examples include accounts payable and bonds payable.
- Owner's Equity: Represents the owner's interest in the company and is categorized as a credit.
- Revenue: Income generated from business operations, recorded as a credit, encompassing categories like sales and interest revenue.
- Accounts Payable: A liability that indicates outstanding payments to suppliers or creditors.
- Accounts Receivable: An asset that represents money owed to the business by customers.
- Accumulated Depreciation: A contra asset account that reflects the total depreciation of tangible assets over time.
- Advertising Expense: A debit entry reflecting the cost associated with promoting the business.
- Bonds Payable: A type of liability representing a long-term borrowing obligation.
- Building: An asset that often represents significant value in a company's balance sheet.
- Cash: An essential asset that indicates available liquidity in the business.
- Common Stock: Represents ownership in a company, categorized as equity.
- Cost of Goods Sold (COGS): An expense reflecting the direct costs attributable to the production of goods sold.
- Depreciation Expense: An expense representing the allocation of a tangible asset's cost over its useful life.
- Dividends: A contra equity account that reduces retained earnings when distributed to shareholders.
- Dividends Payable: A liability indicating dividends that have been declared but not yet paid to shareholders.
- Income Tax Expense: An expense representing the tax liability incurred during a reporting period.
- Income Tax Payable: A liability that indicates taxes owed to the government.
- Insurance Expense: Reflects the cost incurred for coverage against potential losses.
- Intangible Assets: Non-physical assets valued for their potential to generate future revenue.
- Interest Expense: An expense reflecting the cost of borrowed funds.
- Interest Revenue: Income earned from interest on investments or loans, categorized as revenue.
- Inventory: An asset consisting of raw materials, work-in-progress, and finished goods held for sale.
- Land: An asset that often appreciates over time; does not depreciate.
- Note Payable: A liability indicating formal borrowing agreements to pay back a sum.
- Office Equipment: An asset categorized under property that facilitates business operations.
- Preferred Stock: A type of equity that gives shareholders preferential treatment regarding dividends and assets.
- Property, Plant, and Equipment (PP&E): A long-term asset category that includes physical assets used in operations.
- Prepaid Insurance: An asset reflecting future insurance coverage that has been paid for in advance.
- Prepaid Expense: An asset representing payments made for goods or services to be received in the future.
- Rent Expense: A debit that reflects the cost incurred for leasing property or equipment.
- Retained Earnings: Equity that represents cumulative profits retained for business growth instead of distributed as dividends.
- Salaries Payable: A liability representing salaries that have been earned by employees but not yet paid.
- Sales: Revenue generated from selling goods or services.
- Sales Discount: A contra revenue account that reduces total sales revenue due to discounts offered.
- Supplies: An asset representing materials consumed in the operation of business.
- Supplies Expense: An expense account that records the cost of supplies used during a period.
- Treasury Stock: A contra equity account reflecting shares repurchased by the company.
- Unearned Revenue (Deferred Revenue): A liability indicating payment received before services are rendered or goods delivered.
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