Trial-balance


noun, Bookkeeping.
1.
a statement of all the open debit and credit items, made preliminary to balancing a double-entry ledger.
trial balance
noun
1.
(accounting) a statement of all the debit and credit balances in the ledger of a double-entry system, drawn up to test their equality

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