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  2. Debits and credits - Wikipedia

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    For example, sales returns and allowance and sales discounts are contra revenues with respect to sales, as the balance of each contra (a debit) is the opposite of sales (a credit). To understand the actual value of sales, one must net the contras against sales, which gives rise to the term net sales (meaning net of the contras). [34]

  3. Creditor - Wikipedia

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    Creditors can be broadly divided into two categories: secured and unsecured. A secured creditor has a security or charge over some or all of the debtor's assets, to provide reassurance (thus to secure him) of ultimate repayment of the debt owed to him. This could be by way of, for example, a mortgage, where the property represents the security.

  4. Debtor - Wikipedia

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    The counterparty is called a creditor. When the counterpart of this debt arrangement is a bank, the debtor is more often referred to as a borrower. If X borrowed money from their bank, X is the debtor and the bank is the creditor. If X puts money in the bank, X is the creditor and the bank is the debtor. It is not a crime to fail to pay a debt.

  5. Double-entry bookkeeping - Wikipedia

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    The accounting equation is a statement of equality between the debits and the credits. The rules of debit and credit depend on the nature of an account. For the purpose of the accounting equation approach, all the accounts are classified into the following five types: assets, capital, liabilities, revenues/incomes, or expenses/losses.

  6. Debtor collection period - Wikipedia

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    In accounting the term debtor collection period indicates the average time taken to collect trade debts. In other words, a reducing period of time is an indicator of increasing efficiency. It enables the enterprise to compare the real collection period with the granted/theoretical credit period.

  7. The IMF in figures: Debtors vs creditors - AOL

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    The International Monetary Fund's current debtor-creditor balance gives the United States an outsized weight in the voting, which translates into Washington holding roughly 25 times the voting ...

  8. Debt - Wikipedia

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    Debtors of every type default on their debt from time to time, with various consequences depending on the terms of the debt and the law governing default in the relevant jurisdiction. If the debt was secured by specific collateral , such as a car or house, the creditor may seek to repossess the collateral.

  9. Mortgage lender vs. servicer: What’s the difference? - AOL

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    Mortgage lender vs. mortgage servicer FAQ. What happens to your loan servicer if your lender sells your mortgage? If your mortgage lender decides to sell your loan, your mortgage servicer will change.