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LEDGER ENTRY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A written record of a commercial transaction
Synonyms:
accounting entry; entry; ledger entry
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("ledger entry" is a kind of...):
accounting; accounting system; method of accounting (a bookkeeper's chronological list of related debits and credits of a business; forms part of a ledger of accounts)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ledger entry"):
adjusting entry (an accounting entry made at the end of an accounting period to allocate items between accounting periods)
credit; credit entry (an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items)
debit; debit entry (an accounting entry acknowledging sums that are owing)
