In a 1994 course syllabus, writer David Foster Wallace encouraged his students to be sedulous in their proofreading. Continue reading... There are a couple of words that basically mean the same thing as sedulous but are a little more common, namely assiduous, painstaking, and diligent.
net interest expense. Definition. The total amount of interest paid by a business on funds it has borrowed less the amount of income earned in interest on amounts it has lent out or invested. For example, a company might pay $500 a month in interest on a business loan while earning $45 in interest in the same time period in a business savings account. The total amount of net interest expense for that month would be $455.
Interest Expense Journal Entry. When recording an interest expense journal entry, the interest expense account is debited and the cash account or the interest payable account is credited. This represents money coming out of the cash or interest payable account and going into the interest expense account.