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1. ''Financial accounting.''  
1. ''Financial accounting''.
When a fixed asset is purchased the cost is not debited to the income statement (or profit and loss account). Instead the debit is to the balance sheet, creating an asset.
 
When a fixed asset is purchased the cost is not debited to the income statement (or profit and loss account).  
 
Instead the debit is to the balance sheet, creating an asset.
 
 
2. ''Market value.''


2.
The total market value of a firm's capital.
The total market value of a firm's capital.
3. ''Capital amount.''
The adequacy of the amount and nature of an organisation's capital, particularly the capital of a bank.
4. ''Equity.''
The total market value of a listed company's equity.
Sometimes known as the 'equity market capitalisation'.


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Basel III]]
* [[Capital]]
* [[Capital]]
* [[Capital adequacy]]
* [[Capital structure]]
* [[Capitalise]]
* [[Corporate finance]]
* [[Depreciation]]
* [[Equity]]
* [[Fixed assets]]
* [[Fixed assets]]
* [[FTSE]]
* [[Fundamental analysis]]
* [[IAS 16]]
* [[IAS 38]]
* [[Impairment]]
* [[Intrinsic value]]
* [[Large-cap]]
* [[Listed company]]
* [[Mid-cap]]
* [[NOSH]]
* [[Recognition]]
* [[Re-equitisation]]
* [[Revaluation]]
* [[Shareholder value]]
* [[Small-cap]]
* [[Technical analysis]]


[[Category:The_business_context]]
[[Category:Corporate_finance]]
[[Category:Investment]]
[[Category:Long_term_funding]]
[[Category:Financial_products_and_markets]]

Latest revision as of 11:27, 14 June 2023

1. Financial accounting.

When a fixed asset is purchased the cost is not debited to the income statement (or profit and loss account).

Instead the debit is to the balance sheet, creating an asset.


2. Market value.

The total market value of a firm's capital.


3. Capital amount.

The adequacy of the amount and nature of an organisation's capital, particularly the capital of a bank.


4. Equity.

The total market value of a listed company's equity.

Sometimes known as the 'equity market capitalisation'.


See also