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diff --git a/doc/GLOSSARY.md b/doc/GLOSSARY.md index 9a3802d2..5d3263d0 100644 --- a/doc/GLOSSARY.md +++ b/doc/GLOSSARY.md @@ -99,6 +99,13 @@ transactions and periodic transactions, respectively. *(and next ten sections)*; [§ Commodity Reporting](http://www.ledger-cli.org/3.0/doc/ledger3.html#Commodity-Reporting) +**Effective Date**: an optional, second date information item in for a +posting or transaction. Some use the effective date for when work is +billed or when a check has cleared. The `--effective-date` option causes +the effective date to override the transaction's initial date for that +report. +[§ Effective Dates](http://www.ledger-cli.org/3.0/doc/ledger3.html#Effective-Dates); + **Journal File**: the text input file for ledger, sometimes called a register file. A journal file is a series of transactions, command directives, and comments. Command directives start with the single word @@ -113,6 +120,12 @@ expected to be encoded as ASCII or utf-8 text. `--forecast`, or `--unbudgeted` options. [§ Budgeting and Forecasting](http://www.ledger-cli.org/3.0/doc/ledger3.html#Budgeting-and-Forecasting) +**Transaction Code**: an optional item in a transaction or posting often + used to record a check number or bank code. Certain custom reports can + report this code. + [§ Codes](http://www.ledger-cli.org/3.0/doc/ledger3.html#Codes); + [§ Format Expressions](http://www.ledger-cli.org/3.0/doc/ledger3.html#Format-Expressions) + **Transaction Metadata**: a term for comments and tags annotating a transaction. Comments indented with a transaction will be stored with each posting of a transaction. Tags are words in comments followed by colons. |