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Accounting Ch.7
Term | Definition |
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Correcting Entry | An entry made to correct an error in a journal entry discovered after posting. |
General Ledger | A permanent record organized by account number |
Ledger Account forms | The accounting stationery used to record financial information about specific accounts |
Posting | The process of transferring information from the journal to individual general ledger accounts |
Proving the ledger | Adding all debit balances and all credit balances of ledger accounts, and then comparing the two totals to see whether they are equal. |
Slide error | Error that occurs when a decimal point is moved by mistake |
Transposition error | Error that occurs when two digits within an amount are accidentally reversed, or transposed |
Trial balance | list of all the general ledger account names and balances; it is prepared to prove the ledger. |