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Daybook

A journal of accounts; a primary record book in which are recorded the debts and credits, or accounts of the day, in their order, and from which they are transferred to the journal.

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Account book 76% connected

A book in which accounts are kept.

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Book 76% connected

A collection of sheets of paper, or similar material, blank, written, or printed, bound together; commonly, many folded and bound sheets containing c…

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Journal 76% connected

Daily; diurnal.

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Ledger 76% connected

A book in which a summary of accounts is laid up or preserved; the final book of record in business transactions, in which all debits and credits fro…

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Leger 76% connected

Anything that lies in a place; that which, or one who, remains in a place.

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Journal 92% connected

Daily; diurnal.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ledger 92% connected

A book in which a summary of accounts is laid up or preserved; the final book of record in business transactions, in which all debits and credits fro…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Inventory noun · 78% connection

(accounting) the value of a firm's current assets including raw materials and work in progress and finished goods

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Limited review noun · 78% connection

(accounting) a service (less exhaustive than an audit) that provides some assurance to interested parties as to the reliability of fin…

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Review noun · 78% connection

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Straight-line method noun · 78% connection

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Straight-line method of depreciation noun · 78% connection

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Unearned income noun · 78% connection

(accounting) income received but not yet earned (usually considered a current liability on a company's balance sheet)

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Unearned revenue noun · 78% connection

(accounting) income received but not yet earned (usually considered a current liability on a company's balance sheet)

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Write-down noun · 78% connection

(accounting) reduction in the book value of an asset

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Write-off noun · 78% connection

(accounting) reduction in the book value of an asset

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Balance sheet noun · 78% connection

a record of the financial situation of an institution on a particular date by listing its assets and the claims against those assets

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Earnings report noun · 78% connection

a financial statement that gives operating results for a specific period

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Income noun · 78% connection

the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time

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Income statement noun · 78% connection

a financial statement that gives operating results for a specific period

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a financial statement that gives operating results for a specific period

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Account noun · 78% connection

A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other thin…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: journal, accounts, primary, record, book.
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Accountant noun · 78% connection

One who is skilled in, keeps, or adjusts, accounts; an officer in a public office, who has charge of the accounts.

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Accounting noun · 78% connection

a bookkeeper's chronological list of related debits and credits of a business; forms part of a ledger of accounts

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Accounting system noun · 78% connection

a bookkeeper's chronological list of related debits and credits of a business; forms part of a ledger of accounts

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Audit verb · 78% connection

To examine and adjust, as an account or accounts; as, to audit the accounts of a treasure, or of parties who have a suit depending in…

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Balance noun · 78% connection

To arrange accounts in such a way that the sum total of the debits is equal to the sum total of the credits; as, to balance a set of b…

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Bank book unknown · 78% connection

A book kept by a depositor, in which an officer of a bank enters the debits and credits of the depositor's account with the bank.

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Bankrupt noun · 78% connection

A trader who becomes unable to pay his debts; an insolvent trader; popularly, any person who is unable to pay his debts; an insolvent…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: journal, accounts, primary, record, book.
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Bookkeeper noun · 78% connection

One who keeps accounts; one who has the charge of keeping the books and accounts in an office.

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Bookkeeping noun · 78% connection

The art of recording pecuniary or business transactions in a regular and systematic manner, so as to show their relation to each other…

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Box noun · 78% connection

An axle box, journal box, journal bearing, or bushing.

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Brass noun · 78% connection

A journal bearing, so called because frequently made of brass. A brass is often lined with a softer metal, when the latter is generall…

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Compensation noun · 78% connection

The extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors by the credits of which they are reciprocally creditors; the pay…

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Controller noun · 78% connection

An officer appointed to keep a counter register of accounts, or to examine, rectify, or verify accounts.

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Diary noun · 78% connection

A register of daily events or transactions; a daily record; a journal; a blank book dated for the record of daily memoranda; as, a dia…

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Even adjective · 78% connection

Balanced; adjusted; fair; equitable; impartial; just to both side; owing nothing on either side; -- said of accounts, bargains, or per…

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Exchange noun · 78% connection

The process of setting accounts or debts between parties residing at a distance from each other, without the intervention of money, by…

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Gudgeon noun · 78% connection

The pin of iron fastened in the end of a wooden shaft or axle, on which it turns; formerly, any journal, or pivot, or bearing, as the…

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