book of account

book of account

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

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book of account - a record in which commercial accounts are recorded; "they got a subpoena to examine our books"account book, ledger, leger, bookrecord - 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 waysgeneral 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 ledgerdaybook, journal - a ledger in which transactions have been recorded as they occurredaccounting 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