chart of accounts

chart of accounts definition - finance
A listing of all of a companyÂ’s account names and numbers used in its general ledger, its accounting books. Typically these accounts include codes that indicate the type of transaction and the department or project the expense is associated with.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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