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Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles definition - finance
A set of accounting rules for recording financial transactions and creating financial statements. The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) creates and updates the principles.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
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