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What does General Journal mean?

The master journal that the company uses to list all of its financial transactions in chronological order.

General Journal in a sentence
Every financial transaction is first recorded chronologically in the general journal.

General Journal in German, French, Spanish and Italian

German
Journal
also Grundbuch

Zeitlich geordnete Erfassung aller Buchungssätze.

French
Journal général

Livre comptable où les opérations sont enregistrées au jour le jour.

Spanish
Diario general
also Libro diario

Libro donde se anotan cronológicamente todas las operaciones.

Italian
Libro giornale
also Giornale contabile

Registro in cui vengono annotate giornalmente le operazioni aziendali.

Synonyms and opposites for General Journal

  • Synonym Book of original entry

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