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DOUBLE-ENTRY BOOKKEEPING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does double-entry bookkeeping mean?
• DOUBLE-ENTRY BOOKKEEPING (noun)
The noun DOUBLE-ENTRY BOOKKEEPING has 1 sense:
1. bookkeeper debits the transaction to one account and credits it to another
Familiarity information: DOUBLE-ENTRY BOOKKEEPING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DOUBLE-ENTRY BOOKKEEPING (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bookkeeper debits the transaction to one account and credits it to another
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
double-entry bookkeeping; double entry
Hypernyms ("double-entry bookkeeping" is a kind of...):
bookkeeping; clerking (the activity of recording business transactions)
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