Accounting Terminology
Listed Below Are Eight Technical Accounting Terms Introduced

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Accounting terminology
Listed below are eight technical accounting terms introduced in this chapter:
$$\begin{array} { | l | l | l | } \hline \text { Current ratio } & \text { Return on assets } & \text { Price-earnings ratio } \\\hline \text { Quick ratio } & \text { Market share } & \text { Earnings per share } \\\hline \text { Debt ratio } & \text { Working capital } & \\\hline\end{array}$$
Each of the following statements may (or may not) describe one of these technical terms. For each statement, indicate the term described, or answer "None" if the statement does not correctly describe any of the terms.
____ (a) The percentage of total assets financed by creditors.
____ (b) A measure of the effectiveness with which management utilizes a company's resources, regardless of how those resources are financed.
____(c) A company's percentage share of total dollar sales within its industry.
____ (d) Current assets less current liabilities.
____ (e) A measure reflecting investors' expectations of future profitability.
____ (f) A measure of short-term solvency often used when a company has large inventories that cannot be quickly converted into cash.
____ (g) A ratio that helps individual stockholders relate the net income of a large corporation to their equity investment.

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Definitions:

Fiscal Year

A one-year period used for financial reporting and budgeting, which does not necessarily coincide with the calendar year.

Business Activities

Various operations, tasks, and functions carried out by a company in pursuit of its economic goals.

Drawing

The account used to record amounts withdrawn by an owner of a proprietorship.

Closing Entry

Journal entries made at the end of an accounting period to transfer temporary account balances to permanent accounts, clearing out revenues and expenses for the next period.