Numbers dressed up in fancy suits pretending to be words.
Recording transactions only when money physically moves, making bookkeeping simpler but reality more confusing.
Money spent on acquiring or upgrading physical assets like buildings and equipment. The stuff that appears on your balance sheet as an asset, not just a sad expense line.
Money you hand over to a retirement plan, fund, or charity so the spreadsheet can call it an investment. In finance, a contribution is a deposit into a savings or pension vehicle, usually on a schedule, so you feel responsible without necessarily feeling rich.