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EXAMPLES

Here are some examples of the kinds of definitions you’ll find on this page.

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written order to a bank to pay a stated sum from the drawer's account.

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customer of a professional service provider

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General Journal entry to close off nominal accounts for the accounting period.

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rules that tell people how to behave in a certain place

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error in adding or posting compensated for by another error that equals the amount of the first...

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