General Ledger definitions

General ledger

A general ledger contains all the accounts for recording transactions relating to a company`s assets, liabilities, owners` equity, revenue, and expenses. In modern accounting software or ERP, the general ledger works as a central repository for accounting data transferred from all subledgers or modules like accounts payable, accounts receivable,.....
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general ledger

A record to which monetary transactions are posted (in the form of debits and credits) from a journal. It is the final record from which financial statements are prepared. General ledger accounts are often control accounts that report totals of details included in subsidiary ledgers.
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General Ledger

(from the article `computer`) The availability of BASIC and CP/M enabled more widespread software development. By 1977 a two-person firm called Structured Systems Group started ...
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General ledger

Accounting records that show all the financial statement accounts of a business.
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General Ledger

See Nominal Ledger .
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General Ledger

A public offering made to investors at large.
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General Ledger

A book or computer file where double-entry accounting entries are recorded for a business.
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general ledger

[n] - the ledger that contains all of the financial accounts of a business
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General Ledger

- Collection of all ASSET, LIABILITY, owners EQUITY, REVENUE, and expense accounts.
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General Ledger

The general ledger or ledger is a record of all the accounts that the company uses. In all modern accounting systems, the general ledger is computerized. A general ledger divides accounts into three account types: assets, liabilities, and equity accounts.
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