Sources of Finance Crossword

2. capitalism, providers of funds for small or medium-sized companies that may be considered too risky for other investors.
5. businesses, a business model in which there is no legal difference between the owner(s) and the business.
6. business, a business model in which the business and the owner(s) have separate legal identities.
11. expenditure, spending on business resources that can be used repeatedly over a period of time.
14. issue, issuing new shares to existing shareholders at a discount.
16. finance, money borrowed for more than one year.
18. a contract to acquire the use of resources such as property or equipment.
20. an asset that might be sold to pay a lender when a loan cannot be repaid.
22. share capital, amount of current share capital arising from the sale of shares.
23. another name for an ordinary share.
24. overdraft – an agreement between a business and a bank that means a business can spend more money than it has in its account

1. finance, money generated by the business or its current owners.
3. liability, a legal status which means that business owners are liable for all business debts
4. a business not raising enough capital when setting up.
7. the money provided by the owners in a business.
8. borrowing, money borrowed for 12 months or less.
9. a long-term loan to a business.
10. capital, money introduced into the business through the sale of shares.
12. share capital – the maximum amount that can be legally raised.
13. profit, profit after tax that is ‘ploughed back’ into the business.
14. expenditure, spending on business resources that have already been consumed or will be very shortly.
15. loans, where the lender has no protection if the borrower fails to repay the money owed.
17. gain, the profit made from selling a share for more than it was bought.
19. finance, money raised from outside the business.
21. liability, a legal status that means shareholders can only lose the original amount they invested in a business.