CONTROL ACCOUNT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does control account mean? 

• CONTROL ACCOUNT (noun)
  The noun CONTROL ACCOUNT has 1 sense:

1. an account that shows totals of amounts entered in a subsidiary ledger

  Familiarity information: CONTROL ACCOUNT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONTROL ACCOUNT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An account that shows totals of amounts entered in a subsidiary ledger

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("control account" is a kind of...):

accounting; accounting system; method of accounting (a bookkeeper's chronological list of related debits and credits of a business; forms part of a ledger of accounts)

Holonyms ("control account" is a part of...):

general ledger (the ledger that contains all of the financial accounts of a business; contains offsetting debit and credit accounts (including control accounts))