会计类词汇小讲堂Account，Accounting 和Accountant Account 有专门多意思，常见的要紧是〝说明、说明；运算、帐单；银行帐户〞例如： 1． He gave me a full account of his plan 他把打算给我做了完整的说明 2． Charge it to my account 把它记在我的帐上 3． Cashier： Good afternoon Can I help you ？ 银行出纳：下午好，能为您做什么？ Man： I'd like to open a bank account ． 男人：我想开一个银行存款帐户 还有 account title〔帐户名称、会计科目〕、income account〔收益帐户〕、account book〔帐簿〕等 在 account 后面加上词缀 ing 就成为 accounting ，其意义也相应变为会计、会计学例如： 1． Accounting is a process of recording， classifying，summarizing and interpreting of those business activities that can be expressed in monetary terms． 会计是一个以货币形式对经济活动进行记录、分类、汇总以及说明的过程。
2． It has been said that Accounting is the language of business． 据说会计是〝商业语言〞 3． Accounting is one of the fastest growing profession in the modern business world． 会计是当今经济社会中进展最快的职业之一 4． Financial Accounting and Managerial Accounting are two major specialized fields in Accounting． 财务会计和治理会计是会计的两个要紧的专门领域 其他还有 accounting profession〔会计职业〕、accounting elements〔会计要素〕等 Accountant 比Account只多ant三个字母，其意思是会计师、会计人员例如： 1． A certified public accountant or CPA， as the term is usually abbreviated， must pass a series of examinations， after which he or she receives a certificate． 注册会计师〔或，注册会计师的缩写〕，必须通过一系列考试方可取得证书。
2． Private accountant ， also called executive or administrative accountant， handle the financial records of a business． 私人会计师，也叫做主管或行政会计师，负责处理公司的财务帐目 总之，这三个词，有专门深的渊源关系会计类词汇小讲堂〔二〕Assets、Liabilities 和Owner's Equity 这三个词分别是资产、负债和所有者权益，是会计等式的三个要素 Assets 那个词表示资产时一定要用复数形式，即词尾要有 〝s〞假如不用复数形式，就成为〝宝物，天赋、技能〞的意思例如： 1． Assets are properties that are owned and have monetary values；for instance，cash，inventory，buildings，equipment． 资产是指企业所拥有的、具有货币价值的财产，如现金、存货、建筑物、设备 2． Assets are the economic resources that are owned or controlled by a business and can be expressed in monetary units． 资产是由企业拥有或操纵并能用货币计量的经济资源。
3． Assets can be classified into current assets and non－current assets ． 资产能够划分为流淌资产和非流淌资产 Liabilities 是liability 的复数形式它的意思是法律上的责任、义务如 liability for an accident 〔肇事的责任〕；liability to pay taxes 〔纳税的义务〕只有其为复数形式 liabilities 时才表示负债、债务的意思例如： 1． Liabilities are the obligations or debt that a business must pay in money or services at some time in the future． 负债是指今后需用货币或服务偿还的债务或履行的义务 2． Liabilities are amounts owned to outsiders， such as notes payable， accounts payable， bonds payable． 负债是欠外部的数额，如应对票据、应对帐款、应对债券。
Owner's equity 是由 owner 〔所有者、业主〕和equity 〔权益〕构成为〝业主权益〞例如： 1． Owner's equity represents the owner's interest in or claim upon a business net assets which is the deference between the amount of assets and the amount of liabilities． 业主权益代表业主对企业净资产的权益或要求权，净资产是指企业的资产总额与负债之间的差额 2． Capital is the interest of the owners in an enterprise． Also known as owner's equity． 资本是企业所有者的利益，也称为业主权益 3． Owner's equity include owner 〝s investment in a business and accumulated operating results since the beginning of the operation． 业主权益包括业主的投资以及企业自开业以来积存的经营成果。
上述会计要素相互之间的关系用一个简单的数学公式来表示，确实是会计恒等式： Assets＝Liabilities＋Owner's equity 资产＝负债＋业主权益会计类词汇小讲堂(三)Ledgers 和 Journals Ledgers 在簿记上是分类账的意思，能够和其他词汇搭配，构成许多会计词汇如ledger accounts〔分类账户〕、general ledger〔总分类账〕、subsidiary ledger〔明细分类账〕等例如： 1． Ledger accounts are used to record business transactions' effect on an accounting entity． 分类账户被用来记录交易对会计主体的阻碍 2． A ledger account is simply a record of changes 〔increase and decrease〕and balances in value of a specific accounting item． 分类账户只是是特定会计项目价值的变动〔增加与减少〕和结余的记录。
3． The general ledger is the book used to list all the accounts established by an organization． 总分类账是一本列出一个单位所设立的全部帐户的账本 4． Further simplification of the general ledger is brought about by the use of subsidiary ledger． 使用明细分类账使总分类帐更加简化明了 5．The advantages of subsidiary ledger are as following：〔1〕reduces ledger detail ；〔2〕permits better division of labor；〔3〕permits a different sequence of accounts；〔4〕permits better internal control 明细分类账的优点如下；〔1〕减少分类账的细节；〔2〕使劳动分工更合理；〔3〕承诺不同的账户排序〔4〕便于更好地内部操纵。
Journal 比较常用的意思是〝日记、日志；杂志、刊物〞，如keep a journal 〔记日志〕、a ship's journal 〔航海日志〕，a monthly journal 〔月刊〕，单词 diary 也有〝日记〞的意思，但journal 比 diary 更强调〝正式记录〞Journal 在会计词汇上的意思是〝日记账〞例如： 1． In a western accounting system ，the information about each business transaction is initially recorded in an accounting record called a Journal． 在西方会计体系中，有关每笔经济交易的资料最初是记在一本叫做〝日记账〞的会计账上 2． A journal is a chronological〔arrange in order of time 〕 record of business transactions． 日记账是对经济交易的序时〔即按时刻的顺序〕记录 3． In a journal entry， the debits and credits for given transaction are recorded together， but when the transaction is recorded in the ledger， the debits and credits are entered in different accounts． 在日记帐上记账时，既定交易的借方和贷方一起被记录，但在分类账记录中，一笔交易的借方和贷方进入不同的账户中。
4． A journal may be a general journal or it may be a group of special journals． 日记账能够是一本通用日记账，也能够是一组特种日记账会计类词汇小讲堂(四)Current assets、fixed assets 和 Current liabilities。