The usual preference that preferred stockholders have is the right to receive dividends before they are paid to _______.

Even though a corporation is authorized to issue two types of stock, you need to set up ______ accounts to record the two types of stock.

The stated dividend rate for preferred stock is an_____

Amounts that decrease account balances are enclosed in __________ on the statement of stockholder's equity.

There are as less ______than there are sole proprietorships and partnerships in the United States.

_Dividends declared by a corporation decrease the

The Dividends account is increased on the______

At the end of the accounting period, the Dividends account is _______ to the retained Earnings Account.

A corporation may enter into contracts, borrow money, acquire property, and sue in the courts in the same manner as a _______

A( n ) __ is one whose stock is widely held, has a large market, and is traded on a stock exchange.

__ is the amount assigned to each share of stock and printed as a dollar amount on the stock certificates.

A corporation owned by a few persons or by a family and whose stock is not sold to the general public is called a( n ) __.

The maximum number of shares of stock that a corporation may issue is called its __

The stock that has certain privileges over common stock is called __.

The financial statement that reports the changes that have taken place in all of the stockholder's equity accounts during the period is the __.

The stockholder's equity account that is used to record the sale of stock at higher than par value is the __ account.

A( n ) __ is a return on the money invested by the stockholder.

A group that governs and is responsible for the affairs of the corporation is called a( n ) __.

A document that gives the stockholder's voting rights to someone else when the stockholder cannot attend a stockholder's meeting is called a( n ) __.

When a corporation issues only one type of stock, the stock is called __.

A corporation may own property in the name of the ______

The Dividend account in a corporation is similar to the ________account in a sole proprietorship.

Declaring a cash dividend requires formal action by ____.

The Paid-In Capital in Excess of Par accounts has a ________balance.

Preferred stockholders do not have the right to ____for the board of directors.

Stockholders who own stock at the date of record will receive a if declared.

The earnings of a corporation are

Paid-In Capital in Excess of Par is a