"adjustment account" meaning in All languages combined

See adjustment account on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: adjustment accounts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} adjustment account (plural adjustment accounts)
  1. (accounting) An account used in double-entry bookkeeping to represent the other side of adjustments that need to be made. Categories (topical): Accounting
    Sense id: en-adjustment_account-en-noun-YJ9R6iJd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: accounting, business, finance

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