"general ledger" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: general ledgers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} general ledger (plural general ledgers)
  1. (business, accounting) The central accounting record of a company or organization consisting of the accounts that support the value items shown in the major financial statements. Categories (topical): Accounting, Business Synonyms: nominal ledger Translations (central accounting record): hlavní kniha [feminine] (Czech), hovedbog [common-gender] (Danish), grootboek [neuter] (Dutch), pääkirja (Finnish), grand livre [masculine] (French), Hauptbuch [neuter] (German), buku besar (Indonesian), hovedbok [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), księga główna [feminine] (Polish), glavna knjiga [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), libro mayor [masculine] (Spanish), huvudbok [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-general_ledger-en-noun-C4nCzpgv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: accounting, business, finance

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