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  2. Transaction cost - Wikipedia

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    Definition. Williamson defines transaction costs as a cost innate in running an economic system of companies, comprising the total costs of making a transaction, including the cost of planning, deciding, changing plans, resolving disputes, and after-sales. [6] According to Williamson, the determinants of transaction costs are frequency ...

  3. Electronic funds transfer - Wikipedia

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    Electronic funds transfer (EFT) is the electronic transfer of money from one bank account to another, either within a single financial institution or across multiple institutions, via computer -based systems, without the direct intervention of bank staff. Funds transfers are the primary mechanism used by the business community for fast and ...

  4. Double-entry bookkeeping - Wikipedia

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    Accounts clerk. v. t. e. Double-entry bookkeeping, also known as double-entry accounting, is a method of bookkeeping that relies on a two-sided accounting entry to maintain financial information. Every entry to an account requires a corresponding and opposite entry to a different account. The double-entry system has two equal and corresponding ...

  5. Debits and credits - Wikipedia

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    Debits and credits in double-entry bookkeeping are entries made in account ledgers to record changes in value resulting from business transactions. A debit entry in an account represents a transfer of value to that account, and a credit entry represents a transfer from the account. [1][2] Each transaction transfers value from credited accounts ...

  6. Transaction account - Wikipedia

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    Banking. A transaction account, also called a checking account, chequing account, current account, demand deposit account, or share account at credit unions, is a deposit account or bank account held at a bank or other financial institution. It is available to the account owner "on demand" and is available for frequent and immediate access by ...

  7. Swap (finance) - Wikipedia

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    e. In finance, a swap is an agreement between two counterparties to exchange financial instruments, cashflows, or payments for a certain time. The instruments can be almost anything but most swaps involve cash based on a notional principal amount. [1][2] The general swap can also be seen as a series of forward contracts through which two ...

  8. Translation - Wikipedia

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    Translation of a text that is sung in vocal music for the purpose of singing in another language—sometimes called "singing translation"—is closely linked to translation of poetry because most vocal music, at least in the Western tradition, is set to verse, especially verse in regular patterns with rhyme.

  9. Financial transaction - Wikipedia

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    A financial transaction is an agreement, or communication, between a buyer and seller to exchange goods, services, or assets for payment. Any transaction involves a change in the status of the finances of two or more businesses or individuals. [1] A financial transaction always involves one or more financial asset, most commonly money or ...