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General Ledger Definition | Investopedia More
Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago by Bert Smith | permalink
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A company's main accounting records. A general ledger is a complete record of financial transactions over the life of a company. The ledger holds account information that is needed to prepare financial statements, and includes accounts for assets, liabilities, owners' equity, revenues and expenses.
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General Ledger Definition | Explanation
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What is a general ledger account? | AccountingCoach More
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What is a general ledger account?

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general ledger account definition | Dictionary | AccountingCoach More
Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago by LARMOUR Christopher | permalink
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general ledger account definition | Dictionary

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What is general ledger (GL)? - Definition from WhatIs.com More
Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago by Winthrop Baylies | permalink
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A general ledger (GL) is a record of accounting information that a business uses to build financial reports.

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What Is a General Ledger? - Definition & Examples | Study.com More
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Accountants and bookkeepers record financial events in multiple documents in order to ensure the accuracy of the information. In this lesson we...
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What is general ledger? definition and meaning More
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Definition of general ledger: Central repository of the accounting information of an organization in which the summaries of all financial transactions (culled from subsidiary ledgers) during an accounting period are recorded. Also...

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1. http://www.investopedia.com/terms/g/generalledger.asp

2. http://www.accountingtools.com/definition-general-ledger

3. http://www.accountingcoach.com/blog/what-is-a-general-ledger-account

4. http://www.accountingcoach.com/terms/G/general-ledger-account

5. http://searchfinancialapplications.techtarget.com/definition/general-ledger

6. http://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-a-general-ledger-definition-examples.html

7. http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/general-ledger.html