Bookkeeping Terms

Matching exercise

Match the items on the right to the items on the left.
Claims by creditors to the property (assets) of a business
Properties used in the operation of a business
Owner's rights and claims to the property (assets) of a business
Increases to owner's equity resulting from business operations
Decreases to owner's equity resulting from business operations
Decreases to owner's equity resulting from owner withdrawals
A financial event recorded in the books of a business
Every transaction is recorded in at least two places (accounts)
Record for each asset, liability,revenue, and expense
A book containing all the accounts and balances of a business
Record where business transactions are first recorded
A worksheet listing all of the general ledger account balances
Statement of a business's assets, liabilities, and owner's equity
Statement that summarizes revenues and expenses
A coded listing of all the accounts in the general ledger
Amount a business's revenues exceed expenses
Amount a business's expenses exceed revenues
Process of transferring journal balances to the general ledger