1. Budgeted balance sheet 

     A plan that shows the units or costs of merchandise to be purchased by a merchandising company during the budget period. 

2. Cash budget 

     An accounting report that presents predicted amounts of the company's assets, liabilities, and equity balances at the end of the budget period. 

3. Budgeted income statement 

     A plan showing the units of goods to be sold and the sales to be derived; the usual starting point in the budgeting process. 

4. Safety stock 

     An accounting report that presents predicted amounts of the company's revenues and expenses for the budgeting period. 

5. Master budget 

     A quantity of inventory or materials over the minimum to reduce the risk of running short. 

6. Budget 

     A comprehensive business plan that includes specific plans for expected sales, the units of product to be produced, the merchandise or materials to be purchased, the expenses to be incurred, the long-term assets to be purchased, and the amounts of cash to be borrowed or loans to be repaid, as well as a budgeted income statement and balance sheet. 

7. General and administrative expense budget 

     A formal statement of a company's future plans, usually expressed in monetary terms. 

8. Merchandise purchases budget 

     A plan that shows predicted operating expenses not included in the selling expenses budget. 

9. Sales budget 

     A plan that shows the expected cash inflows and cash outflows during the budget period, including receipts from any loans needed to maintain a minimum cash balance and repayments of such loans.