ENGLISH depicted as a DECISION TREE. 016 BALANCING THE BOOKS F: BALANCE S: BALANCE DE COMPROBACION DE SALDOS The periodical checking of ACCOUNTING records to ensure that they have been kept correctly. 017 BARTER F: TROC S: TRUEQUE A form of trade based on the exchange of goods rather than the exchange of goods for cash. 018 BIAS F: BIAIS 8: SESGO The presence of influence which causes data (or statistics based on the data) not to reflect the true situation. 019 BREAK-EVEN BUDGET F: BUDGET LIMITED S: PRESUPUESTO DE EGUILIBRIO A BUDGET drawn up to establish the value (BREAK-EVEN POINT) which a particular planning coefficient should have if some economic measure of relevance, e.g. NET FARM INCOME, is to be equal to zero. It is often derived as a particular solution to a PARAMETRIC BUDGET. 020 BREAK-EVEN POINT F: 8EUIL DE RENTABILITE, POINT CRITIQUE 8: PUNTO DE EGUILIBRIO The particular level of OUTPUT at which total revenue just equals total COST. F: BUDGET S: PRESUPUESTO A summary statement of the characteristics of an economic unit. It is used for planning. Generally a financial statement of the PAGE 4 021 BUDGET