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diff --git a/doc/GLOSSARY.md b/doc/GLOSSARY.md index 579e839a..9a3802d2 100644 --- a/doc/GLOSSARY.md +++ b/doc/GLOSSARY.md @@ -37,6 +37,12 @@ ACCOUNTING GLOSSARY reports. This process is now done with the Ledger software which creates reports from the journal. A journal is sometimes called a register. +**Posting**: A single debit or credit line of a transaction. A posting +comprises an account and the debit or credit amount. It also inherits the +shared description and date from the transaction. In the Ledger software, +a posting may also have metadata and an account state. + + **Report**: A summary made from a journal of transactions. Each transaction affects accounts and those effects are collated and totaled. The two most common reports are the balance sheet, which shows what is @@ -126,3 +132,10 @@ filters based on state. [§ Transaction State](http://www.ledger-cli.org/3.0/doc/ledger3.html#Transaction-state); [§ Cleared Report]( http://www.ledger-cli.org/3.0/doc/ledger3.html#Cleared-Report) + +**Virtual Posting**: an annotation posting in a transaction, similar in form as a regular posting but not required to balance debits and +credits. It is often used to support +[Fund Accounting](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fund_accounting) and various reports will collate and summarize virtual postings. Virtual postings should not be +confused with virtual posting costs. +[§ Virtual Postings](http://www.ledger-cli.org/3.0/doc/ledger3.html#Virtual-postings) +[§ Working with Multiple Funds and Accounts](http://www.ledger-cli.org/3.0/doc/ledger3.html#Working-with-multiple-funds-and-accounts) |