a disposition to kindness and compassion | the occupation of maintaining and auditing records and preparing financial reports for a business |
the friendly hope that something will succeed | a system that provides quantitative information about finances |
(accounting) an intangible asset valued according to the advantage or reputation a business has acquired (over and above its tangible assets) | a convincing explanation that reveals basic causes |
| a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance |
| a bookkeeper's chronological list of related debits and credits of a business; forms part of a ledger of accounts |