| Term | Definition |
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internal controls |
the steps the business takes to protect cash and other assets |
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external controls |
the measures and procedures provided outside the business to protect cash and other assets |
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chequing account |
allows a person or business to deposit cash in a bank and to write cheques against the account balance |
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cheque |
a written order from a depositor telling the bank to pay a stated amount of cash to the person or business named on it |
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depositor |
a person or business that has cash on deposit in a bank |
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signature card |
to open a chequing account, a business owner fills one out and deposits cash in the bank |
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deposit slip |
a bank form listing the cash and cheques to be deposited |
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endorsement |
an authorised signature written or stamped on the back of a cheque representing a promise to pay |
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restrictive endorsement |
limits, or restricts, how a cheque may be handled |
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payee |
the person or business to whom a cheque is written |
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drawer |
the person who signs a cheque |
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drawee |
the bank on which the cheque is written |
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voiding a cheque |
writing the word "Void" in large letters across the front of a cheque |
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bank statement |
an itemised record of all the transactions in a depositor's account over a given period, usually a month |
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canceled cheques |
when a bank sends a statement to a depositor, it may return the cheques paid by the bank and deducted from the depositor's account |
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reconciling the bank statement |
the process of determining any differences between the bank statement and the chequebook |
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outstanding cheques |
cheques that have been written but have not yet been presented to the bank for payment |
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outstanding deposits |
deposits that have been made and are recorded in the chequebook but not appear on the bank statement |
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bank service charge |
a fee the bank charges for maintaining bank records and processing bank statement items for the depositor |
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stop payment order |
a demand by the drawer that the bank not honour a certain cheque |
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NSF cheque |
a cheque returned to the depositor by the bank because there are not sufficient funds in the drawer's chequing account to cover the cheque |
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electronic funds transfer system |
allows banks to transfer funds among accounts quickly and accurately without the exchange of cheques |