general ledger

English

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.

   Synonym: nominal ledger

   Coordinate terms: personal ledger, real ledger

Translations

central accounting record

• Czech: hlavní kniha f
• Danish: hovedbog (da) c
• Dutch: grootboek (nl) n
• Finnish: pääkirja (fi)
• French: grand livre (fr) m
• German: Hauptbuch (de) n
• Indonesian: buku besar (id)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hovedbok (no) m or f

• Polish: księga główna f
• Serbo-Croatian: glavna knjiga f
• Spanish: libro mayor (es) m
• Swedish: huvudbok (sv) c

Further reading

• general ledger on Wikipedia.Wikipedia