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Power purchase agreement. A power purchase agreement ( PPA ), or electricity power agreement, is a long-term contract between an electricity generator and a customer, usually a utility, government or company. [ 1][ 2] PPAs may last anywhere between 5 and 20 years, during which time the power purchaser buys energy at a pre-negotiated price.
Cash and cash equivalents ( CCE) are the most liquid current assets found on a business's balance sheet. Cash equivalents are short-term commitments "with temporarily idle cash and easily convertible into a known cash amount". [ 1] An investment normally counts as a cash equivalent when it has a short maturity period of 90 days or less, and can ...
The imprest system is a form of financial accounting. The most common is petty cash. [ 1] The basic characteristic of an imprest system is that a fixed amount is reserved, which after a certain period or when circumstances require because money was spent, will be replenished. This replenishment will come from another account, for example petty ...
Paycheck. A paycheck, also spelled paycheque, pay check or pay cheque, is traditionally a paper document (a cheque) issued by an employer to pay an employee for services rendered. In recent times, the physical paycheck has been increasingly replaced by electronic direct deposits to the employee's designated bank account or loaded onto a payroll ...
There are a number of types of payment cards, the most common being credit cards, debit cards, charge cards, and prepaid cards. Most commonly, a payment card is electronically linked to an account or accounts belonging to the cardholder. These accounts may be deposit accounts or loan or credit accounts, and the card is a means of authenticating ...
A journal entry is the act of keeping or making records of any transactions either economic or non-economic. Transactions are listed in an accounting journal that shows a company's debit and credit balances. The journal entry can consist of several recordings, each of which is either a debit or a credit. The total of the debits must equal the ...
Profit sharing. Profit sharing refers to various incentive plans introduced by businesses which provide direct or indirect payments to employees, often depending on the company's profitability, employees' regular salaries, and bonuses. [ 1][ 2][ 3] In publicly traded companies, these plans typically amount to allocation of shares to employees.
Bookkeeping is the recording of financial transactions, and is part of the process of accounting in business and other organizations. [ 1] It involves preparing source documents for all transactions, operations, and other events of a business. Transactions include purchases, sales, receipts and payments by an individual person, organization or ...