Costs of assets acquired in one period that will be recorded as expense in a future period are referred to as and are initially recorded as

Prepaid expense, asset

Explanation: Prepayments made for goods and service which are expected to be received in the future are called prepaid expense. Common examples of prepaid expense are rent and insurance which are expected to be payed in advance but won't be consumed or expire over a certain accounting period. They are therefore initially recorded as assets, this enables the benefits derived from such asset to match expense over the incurred period of time.

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