double entry bookkeeping
1double entry bookkeeping — UK US noun [U] (also double entry accounting) ACCOUNTING ► the most commonly used system of recording financial information, in which each amount spent or received is recorded twice. For example, an amount a company spends to buy supplies is… …
2double entry bookkeeping — A system of recording accounting transactions with corresponding *debit entries and *credit entries of equal value. The mathematical integrity of the dualistic aspects of double entry bookkeeping can be established, through preparation of a… …
3double-entry bookkeeping — noun bookkeeper debits the transaction to one account and credits it to another • Syn: ↑double entry • Hypernyms: ↑bookkeeping, ↑clerking * * * ˌdouble entry ˈbookkeeping 7 [double entry bookkeeping] …
4Double-entry bookkeeping system — A double entry bookkeeping system is a set of rules for recording financial information in a financial accounting system in which every transaction or event changes at least two different nominal ledger accounts. The name derives from the fact… …
5double-entry bookkeeping — /ˌdʌb(ə)l ˌentri bυkki:pɪŋ/ noun a system of bookkeeping where both debit and credit entries are recorded in the accounts at the same time (e.g., when a sale is credited to the sales account the purchaser’s debt is debited to the debtors account) …
6double entry bookkeeping — Accounting system which requires that in every entry there be a debit and a credit; e.g. on cash sale of merchandise, a debit to cash and a credit to sales …
7double entry bookkeeping — Accounting system which requires that in every entry there be a debit and a credit; e.g. on cash sale of merchandise, a debit to cash and a credit to sales …
8double-entry bookkeeping — Accounting method that records each transaction as both a credit and a debit in different accounts. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary …
9double entry accounting — UK US noun [U] ACCOUNTING ► DOUBLE ENTRY BOOKKEEPING(Cf. ↑double entry bookkeeping) …
10Double entry — may refer to:*The double entry bookkeeping system, also known as the double entry accounting system. *Double penetration *A pair of doors in the same opening e.g. French doorsee also*Reentry *Double entendre *Dual ported RAM …
