Match Each Definition with the Correct Term Below

question 106

Short Answer

Match each definition with the correct term below.

-Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
A.The group of people who are responsible for ensuring that a company meets its goals of profitability and liquidity.
B.A unit of ownership in a corporation.
C.The inflows and outflows of cash into and out of a business.
D.An information system that measures,processes,and communicates financial information about an economic entity.
E.A set of practices that has been developed to provide guidelines for financial accounting.
F.The value of one currency in terms of another.
G.The government body that regulates the issuing,buying,and selling of stocks in the United States.
H.The ability to earn enough income to attract and hold investment capital.
I.The oversight of a corporation's management and ethics by its board of directors.
J.The accumulated earnings generated by a business's income-producing activities less amounts that have been paid out to the stockholder's.
k.KEconomic events that affect a business's financial position.
L.An examination of a company's financial statements and the accounting systems,controls,and records that produced them.

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Definitions:

Partnership

A commercial arrangement in which a business is co-managed and operated by at least two people, following conditions and goals outlined in a Partnership Agreement.

Estoppel

A legal principle that prevents someone from arguing something contrary to a previous position or statement that was relied upon by others.

Negligence

The failure to exercise the care that a reasonably prudent person would under similar circumstances, resulting in unintended harm to others.

Partner's Liability

The legal responsibility held by partners in a partnership to cover the business's debts and other financial obligations.