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Debit

A debt; an entry on the debtor (Dr.) side of an account; -- mostly used adjectively; as, the debit side of an account.

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Account 76% connected

A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time.

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Calculate 76% connected

To ascertain or determine by mathematical processes, usually by the ordinary rules of arithmetic; to reckon up; to estimate; to compute.

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Entry 76% connected

The act of entering or passing into or upon; entrance; ingress; hence, beginnings or first attempts; as, the entry of a person into a house or city;…

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Charge 76% connected

To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

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Credit 94% connected

Reliance on the truth of something said or done; belief; faith; trust; confidence.

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Credit 94% connected

Reliance on the truth of something said or done; belief; faith; trust; confidence.

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Debit entry noun · 85% connection

an accounting entry acknowledging sums that are owing

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Good will noun · 78% connection

(accounting) an intangible asset valued according to the advantage or reputation a business has acquired (over and above its tangible…

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Goodwill noun · 78% connection

(accounting) an intangible asset valued according to the advantage or reputation a business has acquired (over and above its tangible…

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Inventory noun · 78% connection

(accounting) the value of a firm's current assets including raw materials and work in progress and finished goods

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Limited review noun · 78% connection

(accounting) a service (less exhaustive than an audit) that provides some assurance to interested parties as to the reliability of fin…

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Review noun · 78% connection

(accounting) a service (less exhaustive than an audit) that provides some assurance to interested parties as to the reliability of fin…

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Straight-line method noun · 78% connection

(accounting) a method of calculating depreciation by taking an equal amount of the asset's cost as an expense for each year of the ass…

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Straight-line method of depreciation noun · 78% connection

(accounting) a method of calculating depreciation by taking an equal amount of the asset's cost as an expense for each year of the ass…

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Unearned income noun · 78% connection

(accounting) income received but not yet earned (usually considered a current liability on a company's balance sheet)

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Unearned revenue noun · 78% connection

(accounting) income received but not yet earned (usually considered a current liability on a company's balance sheet)

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Write-down noun · 78% connection

(accounting) reduction in the book value of an asset

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Write-off noun · 78% connection

(accounting) reduction in the book value of an asset

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Balance sheet noun · 78% connection

a record of the financial situation of an institution on a particular date by listing its assets and the claims against those assets

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Central bank noun · 78% connection

a government monetary authority that issues currency and regulates the supply of credit and holds the reserves of other banks and sell…

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Commercial bank noun · 78% connection

a financial institution that accepts demand deposits and makes loans and provides other services for the public

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Earnings report noun · 78% connection

a financial statement that gives operating results for a specific period

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Full service bank noun · 78% connection

a financial institution that accepts demand deposits and makes loans and provides other services for the public

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Income noun · 78% connection

the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time

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Accost verb · 78% connection

To join side to side; to border; hence, to sail along the coast or side of.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: debt, entry, debtor, side, account.
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Acquittance noun · 78% connection

The clearing off of debt or obligation; a release or discharge from debt or other liability.

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Alongside adverb · 78% connection

Along or by the side; side by side with; -- often with of; as, bring the boat alongside; alongside of him; alongside of the tree.

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Answerable adjective · 78% connection

Obliged to answer; liable to be called to account; liable to pay, indemnify, or make good; accountable; amenable; responsible; as, an…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: debt, entry, debtor, side, account.
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Balance noun · 78% connection

An equality between the sums total of the two sides of an account; as, to bring one's accounts to a balance; -- also, the excess on ei…

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Behind adjective · 78% connection

On the side opposite the front or nearest part; on the back side of; at the back of; on the other side of; as, behind a door; behind a…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: debt, entry, debtor, side, account.
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Collaterally adverb · 78% connection

Side by side; by the side.

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Couche verb · 78% connection

Lying on its side; thus, a chevron couche is one which emerges from one side of the escutcheon and has its apex on the opposite side,…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: debt, entry, debtor, side, account.
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Debenture noun · 78% connection

A writing acknowledging a debt; a writing or certificate signed by a public officer, as evidence of a debt due to some person; the sum…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: debt, entry, debtor, side, account.
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Debtee noun · 78% connection

One to whom a debt is due; creditor; -- correlative to debtor.

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Diagonal noun · 78% connection

(mathematics) a set of entries in a square matrix running diagonally either from the upper left to lower right entry or running from t…

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Discharge verb · 78% connection

Act of relieving of something which oppresses or weighs upon one, as an obligation, liability, debt, accusation, etc.; acquittance; as…

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Discount verb · 78% connection

A counting off or deduction made from a gross sum on any account whatever; an allowance upon an account, debt, demand, price asked, an…

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Elegit noun · 78% connection

A judicial writ of execution, by which a defendant's goods are appraised and delivered to the plaintiff, and, if not sufficient to sat…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: debt, entry, debtor, side, account.
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Extension verb · 78% connection

A written engagement on the part of a creditor, allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt.

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Far adjective · 78% connection

The more distant of two; as, the far side (called also off side) of a horse, that is, the right side, or the one opposite to the rider…

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