1. The customary manner in which a business analyzes and records its ________ is by first entering them into a journal.

2. In order to cash a check you must ________ it, or in other words sign the back.

3. An employee who is paid on ________ receives the same pay each pay period no matter how many hours they work.

4. John finds it hard to find a permanent job; he's been ________ from one job to another for as long as I can remember.

5. The rates for overtime in the USA are generally known as ________ .

6. It was then that Henry ________ that the tractors were loaded with boxes of tomatoes, which the farmers started to throw at him. Unfortunately for Henry, two of them hit him full in the face.

7. Liabilities either have a credit or no ________ at all.

8. Henry: You shouldn't have bothered. We can all go back home now. The police have ________ the house thoroughly and found nothing at all.Vera: Well, at least stay and eat the nice salad I've made.Henry: All right, Vera. Just so long as there are no tomatoes in it!

9. The ________ is the difference between what a business pays for an item wholesale and what the business sells it for retail.

10. After supper, Henry and his family went home. Later that evening the phone rang.Man's voice: Oh, Mr. Orpington. I've been trying to reach you all day. This is Paul Harris. I called you this morning but I was cut off. It was a bad line or something.Henry: Well, what about the bomb?Harris: The bomb? What on ________ do you mean?Henry: That's what I'd like to know. You said, I want to warn you about a bomb.