| Term | Definition |
| accountant | someone whose job is to keep and check financial accounts, calculate taxes, etc. |
| assets | the things that a company owns, that can be sold to pay debts |
| share | one of the equal parts into which the ownership of a company is divided |
| debt | a sum of money that a person or organization owes |
| issue | to officially produce something such as shares and make them available to buy |
| liability | legal responsibility for something, especially for paying money that is owed |
| loss | a business that spends more than it earns make this |
| profit | money that you gain by selling things or doing business |
| proprietor | an owner of a business |
| raise | to collect money that you can use to expand a business |
| sole trader | a business owned by a single person |
| premises | the buildings and land that a company uses |