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Define the following terms as used in Business. (i) Business transactions (ii) Credit transaction (iii) Initial capital (iv) Final capital (v) Drawings

      

Define the following terms as used in Business.
(i) Business transactions
(ii) Credit transaction
(iii) Initial capital
(iv) Final capital
(v) Drawings

  

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Wilfred
(i) Business transaction – Exchange of goods and services for payment
Business receives payment in the form of money or goods and services
(ii) Credit transaction- Exchange of goods and services where payments are made at a future date.
(iii) Cash transaction – Immediate payment for goods and service at the time when the transaction takes place in the form of cash, cheques and other forms of money.
(iv) Initial capital- terms used to describe any funds and other assets invested into the business by the owner at the beginning of the trading period
(v) Final capital – business capital at the end of the trading period
(vi) Drawings- money or other assets taken from the business by the owner for personal use
Wilfykil answered the question on February 27, 2019 at 14:11


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