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Accounting Terminology
Accounting Terms
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Accounting
Undergraduate 2
01/26/2017

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intangible assets
Definition
Rights, privelages, and competitive advantages that result from the owenreship of long-lived assets that do not possess physical substance
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amortization
Definition
the process of allocating the cost of intangibles
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patent
Definition
An exclusive right issued by the U.S. patent office that enables the recipient to manufacture, sell, or otherwise control an invention for a period of 20 years from the date of the grant
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copyright
Definition
Gives the owner the exclusive right to reproduce and sell an artistic or published work
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trademark/trade name
Definition
A word, phrase, jingle, or symbol that identifies  a particular enterprise or product
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franchise
Definition
a contractual agreement between a franchiser and a franchisee
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licenses
Definition
licenses granted by a governmental body permits a company to use public property inperforming its services
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goodwill
Definition
Goodwill represents the value of all favorable attributes that relate to a company that are not attributable to any other specific asset
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research and development costs
Definition
expenditures that may lead to patents, copyrights, new processes, and new products
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Asset turnover ratio
Definition
analyzes the productivity of a company's assets
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