Accounting Terminology Listed Below Are Nine Technical Accounting Terms Introduced in This

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Accounting terminology
Listed below are nine technical accounting terms introduced in this chapter:
Gross profit
Gross profit rate
General ledger
Cost of goods sold
Physical inventory
Subsidiary ledger
Perpetual inventory system
Periodic inventory system
Inventory shrinkage
Each of the following statements may (or may not)describe one of these technical terms.In the space provided below each statement,indicate the accounting term described,or answer "None" if the statement does not correctly describe any of the terms.
________ a.An approach to accounting for inventories and the cost of goods sold used primarily in small businesses with manual accounting systems.
________ b.A reason why perpetual inventory records may not be entirely accurate.
________ c.The difference between the revenue earned by selling merchandise and the cost of goods sold.
________ d.Gross profit divided by average total stockholders' equity.
________ e.An accounting procedure used in both perpetual and periodic inventory systems.In a perpetual system,this procedure brings to light the amount of inventory shrinkage.In a periodic system,it is the basis for computing the cost of goods sold.
________ f.An accounting record showing the individual items comprising the balance of a general ledger account.
________ g.The accounting record in which transactions initially are recorded.

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Definitions:

Overload Unit Contacts

Components within an overload relay that open or close electrical circuits to provide motor protection against excessive current.

Motor Starter Contactor

An electromechanical switch used to control the power supply to a motor, providing safe start and stop operations.

Motor Load Current

The current drawn by an electric motor under specific load conditions, indicative of the power it is using to perform its function.

Inverse Time-Delay

Refers to a characteristic of protective devices where the time to trip decreases as the magnitude of the current increases.