| account executive |
in a company such as an advertising agency, a person responsible for managing one or more clients' accounts and often for securing new accounts. |
| account payable |
an amount owed to a creditor by a business, usu. for goods and services received. |
| account receivable |
an amount owed to a business by a debtor, usu. for goods and services received. |
| bank account |
at a bank, the funds credited to a depositor and subject to withdrawal by him or her. |
| charge account |
a business arrangement between a buyer and seller in which the seller allows the buyer to charge purchases to an account, for which he or she will be billed later. |
| checking account |
a deposit in a bank, credit union, or the like, against which checks may be written by the depositor. (Cf. savings account.) |
| cost accounting |
an accounting system in which all costs of production and distribution are itemized and allocated, as to various products. |
| expense account |
a record of an employee's expenditures that will be paid or paid back by the employer, or a specified amount of such allowable expenditures. |
| joint account |
a bank or stock account in the names of two or more people, all of whom may withdraw funds from it. |
| money of account |
a monetary denomination or unit used in keeping accounts, esp. one that does not correspond to actual paper money or coin, such as the U.S. mill. |
| no-account |
of little worth; no good. |
| on account of |
because of. |
| savings account |
a bank account that earns interest, and on which checks may not be drawn. |
| suspense account |
in bookkeeping, an account in which items such as credits or debits are temporarily recorded before their final disposition is determined. |
| take into account |
to consider, esp. as an important factor in making a judgment. |
| trust account |
a type of savings account in which the funds are controlled by the depositor as trustee and become payable to the beneficiary upon the trustee's death. |