Accounting II

Question	Answer
Amortize	To allocate a portion of the item's value over the periods affected by the item.
Annuity	A series of equal payments over time.
Base amount	Amount to which we are comparing other items.
Base Period	Accounting period to which we are comparing another period.
Benchmark	A standard against which items can be measured.
Bond indenture	Legal agreement between a bond issuer and a bondholder.
Bottom-up process	A process whereby something is created at a lower level of management and then passed up to a higher level for review and revision.
Bylaws	Rules and guidelines for how a corporation should conduct business.
Callable	Preferred stock that the issuing corporation, at its option, may retire by paying the call price plus and dividends in arrears.

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