book of account

(Accounting & Book-keeping) another name for journal^4a

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Noun

book of account - a record in which commercial accounts are recorded; "they got a subpoena to examine our books"

account book, ledger, leger, book

record - a document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction; "they could find no record of the purchase"

cost ledger - ledger showing the accumulated costs classified in various ways

general ledger - the ledger that contains all of the financial accounts of a business; contains offsetting debit and credit accounts (including control accounts)

subsidiary ledger - details of an account supporting the amount stated in the general ledger

daybook, journal - a ledger in which transactions have been recorded as they occurred

accounting system, method of accounting, accounting - a bookkeeper's chronological list of related debits and credits of a business; forms part of a ledger of accounts

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The apparition inside gave them no attention; it was apparently occupied with a book of accounts.

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Mechanically he opened his Book of Accounts, and made the closing entry -- the entry of his last transaction with Magdalen -- in black and white.

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They also contend that they are neither employees of Nairobi West hospital neither are they employees of NHIF and as such, they have no access to any book of accounts.

Two doctors seek orders to stop DCI probe on missing NHIF funds

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