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main actor the development of a budget in

A which a staff team


trained and assigned for it, designs a group of
1. ACTION: Title - negotiable value objectives, goals and plans of the
representative of a proportional part of the subordinate to achieve them in a later period
capital
Social of a company. 8. AMORTIZATION: Consists of the gradual
reduction of a prepaid expense, or of a debt
2. EVENT: Event that may occur. It is also through periodic payments.
known as a state.
9. CORRELATION AND REGRESSION
3. ASSETS: Are all those things or property ANALYSIS: Statistical model to measure the
owned by an economic entity and that average amount of change in the dependent
They have a positive value for this one. variable that is related to a change per unit in
the quantities of one or more of the
4. ACCUMULATION OF COSTS: Grouping of independent variables.
individual costs.
10. SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS: Technique of
5. ORGANIZATIONAL ADAPTATION: interpreting changes in a factor, which
Division of an organization into areas or basically ask how a result will change ("what
centers of happens?") if the information forecasted
responsibility for the proper functioning of the original is not reached or if a fundamental
company where there is a clear assumption changes.
designation of authority and responsibility for
each individual administrator. Be
Also known as organizational structure. 11. FLEXIBLE APPLICATION: Budget basis
that says based on the need for
6. ADMINISTRATION BY EXCEPTION: there is flexibility in its budgetary application,
Principle that establishes that executives of a since they will always exist
company must devote detailed attention to situations that may be unpredictable, which
exceptional aspects (unusual) that appear in serve as feedback for
periodic activities (daily, weekly, monthly, ...), make subsequent adjustments.
leaving the necessary time for planning
aspects. That is to say, should focus on 12. CAPITAL CONTRIBUTION: Amount of
problems or jobs that deserve attention and money invested in a company through the
overlook What is supposed to unfold well, not purchase of shares or quotas shares.
forgetting the planning function.
13. COST ALLOCATION: The distribution of
7. ADMINISTRATION BY OBJECTIVES: general costs in centers of
Administrative procedure that involves as specific responsibility Synonyms terms: Cost
accumulation, relocation
of cost, reallocation of cost, apportionment of
cost and distribution of cost.

14. CAPITAL INCREASE: Operation carried


out in order to incorporate the capital of
the company, reserves or new resources
through the issuance of securities.

15. SELF-FINANCING: Financing through the


benefits or own resources of a
company without use of the stock market or
financial intermediaries.
B
16. GENERAL BALANCE: Basic financial
statement showing the financial situation of
a company (financial composition), own
assets, debts and rights of
owners, on a certain date.

17. BASE OF ACTIVITY: Factor that


expresses or measures the activity more
accurately
Total of a responsibility center.

18. BASES FOR COST ALLOCATION: A


systematic way to relate certain costs with a
specific objective.

19. BENEFICIARY: Person to whom a good is


issued or transferred (usually a
value title).

20. BENEFITS Fruit or profit derived from an


investment.
28. PAID CAPITAL: It is the part of the
C subscribed capital that has actually been paid.

21. QUALITY: The conformity of a product or 29. SUBSCRIBED CAPITAL: It is the part of
service with a previously standard the authorized capital that the subscribers of
specified. Shares have been forced to pay in a certain
time.
22. CAPACITY: Level at which a plant,
equipment, vehicle, department can be 30. CAPITALIZATION: It is the increase of
operated the capital paid through new issues of
O well. Actions. Application, reinvestment and
reapplication of the results of an exercise at
23. PRACTICAL CAPACITY: The maximum Company assets.
level at which a plant can operate efficiently,
team or department, taking into account the 31. FACTORY LOAD: See general
time to cover any eventuality manufacturing costs.
that may occur (maintenance, stoppages for
different factors, others). It represents 32. INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO: Set of
around 80% of theoretical capacity. securities that make up the investment of
A person or company. It is also called
24. THEORETICAL CAPACITY: Also known investment portfolio.
as total, maximum or ideal capacity. Is the
measurement of the maximum production 33. COST CENTER: Responsibility center
capacity of a plant, equipment or department, where the center manager is
100% of the time. Only responsible for all controllable costs in
the area. Ex Department of
25. CAPITAL: It is the sum of all resources, accounting, treasury, advertising, industrial
assets and values mobilized for the relations.
constitution and development of a company.
34. INVESTMENT CENTER. It goes beyond
26. AUTHORIZED CAPITAL: It is the capital the profit center, since it is also
of the Corporation whose amount was responsible for the amount of resources
approved as a future goal by the General invested in Assets for the center. its
Assembly of Shareholders. Importance in the budget lies in the "return on
investment". Ex. The
27. WORK CAPITAL: It is the amount of Departments of the production area.
short-term resources that a
company to carry out its activities. It is 35. RESPONSIBILITY CENTER: Part or
equivalent to the difference between the segment of an organization or company
current assets and current liabilities. whose director or boss is in charge of a
specified group of activities for which
You must answer. horizontal communication (lateral).

36. UTILITY CENTER: The center manager is 45. ACCOUNTING BY CENTERS OR


responsible for both costs AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY: Accounting
controllable, as of the income that the center system
should generate. Its main importance which measures the plans and actions of each
in the Budgets lies in the figure of profits. Ex. Responsibility Center.
Sales department.
46. CONTROL: Action that is put into practice
37. CGF: Abbreviation for general to achieve the proposed objectives and goals
manufacturing costs. In planning. Performance evaluation that
provides feedback on the results.
38. CIF: Abbreviation for indirect
manufacturing costs. 47. COORDINATION: It is the synchronization
of individual tasks in the effective work of
39. PLACEMENT: Sale of securities among each division of an entity towards common
the public. objectives, taking into account all
other divisions based on a unity of efforts.
40. COMMERCIALIZATION: Sale of goods
without them changing their basic form. 48. MONETARY CORRECTION: Operation
aimed at updating the purchasing power of the
41. COMMISSION: Amount of money that an currency according to indices set by the
intermediary (commission agent) receives for Government. Normally calculated for
his mediation in the purchase or sale of goods readjustments of the Real Value Units UVR.
or securities.
49. CORRELATION: Relationship between
42. COMMITTEE: Denomination given to a two variables.
person who instructs another to buy
or sell a good, paying for it a remuneration 50. DIRECT OR VARIABLE COSTING:
called commission. Method of costing products in which costs
Fixed production are excluded from
43. PURCHASES: Acquisition of tangible capitalized costs.
goods (merchandise) or intangibles (services
or 51. TOTAL OR ABSORPTION COST:
rights - patents, brands-), delivering money or Traditional method of paying for products, in
other good or service in return. which all fixed and variable production costs
are capitalized.
44. TOTAL COMMUNICATION: Budget basis
based on a communication 52. COST: Slaughtered resources that are
complete, in two directions, vertical capitalized in order to achieve an objective
communication (up and down) and specific.
53. CONTROLLABLE COST: Any cost or 63. PRIME COST: Direct materials and direct
expense that is primarily subject to the labor constitute it.
influence of a specific responsibility center for
a specific duration 64. AVERAGE COST: The one that is
of time. calculated by dividing the total costs by the
number of units produced or other specific
54. COST OF CONVERSION OR denominator.
TRANSFORMATION: It is composed of the
hand of 65. SEMIVARIABLE COST: Also known as
Direct work and general manufacturing costs. semi-fixed or mixed cost. They are Costs or
expenses that have elements of fixed and
55. OPPORTUNITY COST: Investment variable costs at the same time.
alternative that is discarded, lost or sacrificed
in order to take a different one. 66. TOTAL COST: The sum of the three
elements of cost: Direct materials, hand of
56. DIFFERENTIAL COST: See incremental direct work and general manufacturing costs.
cost.
67. VARIABLE COST: The cost or expense
57. DIRECT COST: Cost or expense that can that changes proportionally with the volume
be specifically identified with a produced, for a certain period of time and for a
product, process, work or responsibility center. range of production specific.

58. STANDARD COST: Scientific 68. PERIOD COSTS: Costs that are taken to
predetermined cost or very carefully which expense during the period in which incur.
It is an objective to achieve.
59. FIXED COST: The constant cost or 69. PRODUCT COSTS: Capitalized costs,
expense, which remains unchanged during a allocated, to inventories when they are
determined period of time and for a specific incurred. They only become expenses when
production range, regardless they are sold. Also known as inventory or
the volume produced within that range. capitalizable costs.

60. INCREMENTAL COST: Also known as 70. GENERAL MANUFACTURING COSTS


differential cost. It is the difference in costs (CGF): All production costs except those of
between two options in a decision direct materials and those of direct labor. It is
also known such as indirect manufacturing
61. INDIRECT COST: One who cannot be costs, general or indirect manufacturing costs
specifically identified with a product, process, or production, manufacturing load and other
work or responsibility center. similar.

62. MIXED COST: See semi-variable cost.


71. INDIRECT MANUFACTURING COSTS
(CIF): See general manufacturing costs.
72. REAL COSTS: Historical costs, costs
actually incurred, to difference from standard
or default costs.

73. DEDICATION AND ADMINISTRATIVE


COMMITMENT: Background of the budgeting
that has to do with the confidence that senior
management has in their Own ability to
significantly influence the future course of the
company.
originated in the profits generated by the
D company in a certain period.

74. DEMAND: Interest in acquiring a good to


satisfy a need.

75. PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT: Section


of the manufacturing plant of the company that
Its main purpose is to prepare goods or parts
of the goods produced by the company.

76. SERVICE DEPARTMENT: Department in


which the main reason is that of
provide services to other departments of the
company.

77. DEPRECIATION: Expenditure or attrition


of some goods due to use during
weather.

78. DECENTRALIZATION: Freedom to make


decisions. Total decentralization
it means the minimum of limitations and the
maximum freedom to make decisions to
lower levels

79. DISCOUNT: Difference between the


nominal value and the commercial value of an
asset
financial.

80. DEVALUATION: Loss of the purchasing


power of the currency with respect to another
that is
It has as a pattern.

81. DIVIDEND: Amount paid to shareholders


in money or kind as compensation
for its investment, in proportion to the amount
of shares owned and with resources
E
82. EXPENSE: Accounting represents the
value of the goods or services used in the
process of generating income.

83. COMPANY: Organization or economic


entity.
84. ECONOMIC ENTE: Natural or legal
person that develops economic activities or
commercial.

85. STATE: See event.

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