Quick Glossary: Corporate Budgeting - TechRepublic

Quick Glossary: Corporate Budgeting

Last Updated: February 14, 2025 Format: PDF

Developing a financial budget requires knowledge about the business, the company, and the industry, as well as familiarity with budgetary terminology.

This list of essential terms, written by Mark W. Kaelin and Maria Carrisa Sanchez for TechRepublic Premium, will help you master the basic vocabulary.

  • Featured definition from the download:

    Accrual accounting

    The booking of revenues when they are invoiced or expenditures when they are billed. Accrual revenues are considered earned when a claim for reimbursement (receivable) is submitted. Accrual expenses are considered encumbered when a purchase order or contract (payable) is submitted.

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