Finance Terms

2. The value of a person or company.
3. The rising price of goods and services associated with the cost of living.
5. The use of debt to increase the potential return on an investment
10. the money earned by an individual or business through various sources, including wages, profits, interest, and investments.
12. The movement of money in and out of a business, showing how much cash is generated and used over a specific period.
14. The total amount of money brought in by a company's operations.
15. Mandatory contributions levied on individuals or corporations by a government entity.
16. Reflects how quickly and efficiently assets can be converted into cash without losing significant value.
18. An accounting technique used to periodically lower the book value of a loan or an intangible asset over a set period of time.
19. Any resource owned or controlled by a business or an economic entity.
20. The decrease in the value of an asset over its useful life span.
22. A sum of money that one party or entity owes to another.
24. A set of numbered accounts a business uses to keep track of its financial transactions and to prepare financial reports.

1. A performance measure used to evaluate the efficiency or profitability of an investment.
4. Occurs when there isn't enough money in an account to cover a transaction or withdrawal.
6. Any cost that contributes to a company's overall cost of doing business.
7. Items, articles, products or commodities that customers purchase from companies.
8. The marketing and sales of products.
9. the cost a lender charges to a borrower for the use of borrowed money, typically expressed as a percentage of the principal amount.
11. A common measure of the degree to which a company or a particular business activity makes money.
13. Money that is owed or due.
16. Money that is borrowed, expected to be paid back with interest.
17. A legal process by which you may be discharged from most of your debts.
21. The amount of money the owner of an asset would be paid after selling it and any debts associated with the asset were paid off.
23. The difference between the debits and credits.