Numbers dressed up in fancy suits pretending to be words.
A bond from a company with a credit rating so low it's essentially an IOU written on a napkin. They offer higher interest rates to compensate for the very real possibility that the company might not exist next year. Wall Street rebranded them as "high-yield bonds" because junk sounded too honest.
A recorded transaction in the accounting system showing debits and credits that must balance. Each entry tells a tiny story of money moving, though reading them is only slightly more entertaining than watching paint dry.
A cryptic accounting record that moves money between accounts, often created to make the books balance or hide embarrassing transactions.
The process of verifying that transactions recorded in accounting journals match supporting documentation—basically, proving that your entries weren't made up.