Accounts payable (ap or a/p)

Accounts payable refers to an account within the general ledger that represents a company’s obligation to pay off a short-term […]

Accounts Payable (ap)

This current liability account will show the amount a company owes for items or services purchased on credit and for […]

Accounts Receivable

A current asset resulting from selling goods or services on credit (on account). Invoice terms such as (a) net 30 […]

Accounts receivable (ar or a/r)

Accounts receivables is another business finance term that means the money owed to your small business by others for goods […]

ACD

Automatic Call Distributor. A complex machine used in modern call centers for incoming calls. It routes calls to available agents, […]

Acquisition

The purchase of one company or resources by another.

Active listening

Active listening requires you to listen attentively to a speaker, understand what they’re saying, respond and reflect on what’s being […]

Actuary

An actuary is a person employed by pension providers and insurance companies. Their role is to calculate accident rates, life […]

Acyclical

No tendency to move either in the same or opposite direction to aggregate output and employment over the business cycle.

Ad-hoc report

A reporting method which permits you to ask questions like: How may women over 60 have bought more than $200 […]