Definitions.Provide Clear, Concise Answers for the Following

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Definitions.Provide clear, concise answers for the following.
1. What is the accrual-basis of accounting?
2. What is an accrued expense?
3. What is accrued revenue?
4. What is a prepaid expense?
5. What is unearned revenue?
6. State the rule that indicates which adjusting entries for prepaid and unearned items should be reversed.

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Definitions:

Real Rate

The interest rate that has been adjusted for inflation, reflecting the true return of an investment.

Annual Coupon

refers to the fixed interest payment that a bond issuer agrees to pay to the bondholder once every year until the bond's maturity date.

Zero-Coupon Bond

A bond that is issued at a discount to its face value but pays no interest; the investor's return is the difference between the purchase price and the face value at maturity.

Par Value

The face value of a bond or stock, representing the amount that the issuer agrees to pay at maturity or the nominal value assigned to a share of stock for accounting purposes.