Accounting Terms

2. wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain.
3. an economy of or reduction in money, time, or another resource.
5. something, typically money, that is owed or due.
8. a compulsory contribution to state revenue, levied by the government on workers' income and business profits, or added to the cost of some goods, services, and transactions.
9. the degree of wealth and material comfort available to a person or community.
15. a thing providing protection against a possible eventuality.
16. a word, idea, or method taken from another source and used in one's own language or work.
17. the action or fact of leaving one's job and ceasing to work.
18. money received, especially on a regular basis, for work or through investments.
21. expend money with the expectation of achieving a profit or material result by putting it into financial plans, shares, or property, or by using it to develop a commercial venture.
22. the state of being bankrupt.

1. the loss of potential gain from other alternatives when one alternative is chosen.
4. the fraudulent acquisition and use of a person's private identifying information, usually for financial gain.
6. the cost required for something; the money spent on something.
7. a person who organizes and operates a business or businesses, taking on greater than normal financial risks in order to do so.
10. a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money.
11. an estimate of income and expenditure for a set period of time.
12. property owned by a person or company, regarded as having value and available to meet debts, commitments, or legacies.
13. money paid regularly at a particular rate for the use of money lent, or for delaying the repayment of a debt.
14. a legal agreement by which a bank or other creditor lends money at interest in exchange for taking title of the debtor's property, with the condition that the conveyance of title becomes void upon the payment of the debt.
19. a written, dated, and signed instrument that directs a bank to pay a specific sum of money to the bearer.
20. a thing that is borrowed, especially a sum of money that is expected to be paid back with interest.
23. the trust which allows one party to provide money or resources to another party