subsidiary ledger

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(in accounting) a ledger containing a group of detailed and related accounts the total of which is summarized in the control account.

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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

AirAsia Indonesia, which operated Flight 8501, is the Indonesian subsidiary of AirAsia, which is based in Malaysia.
Annoying Airport Delays Might Prevent You From Becoming the Next AirAsia 8501|Clive Irving|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
And this week CNPC agreed to buy 10 percent of Vankorneft, a Rosneft subsidiary, which operates the lucrative Vankor oil field.
China Is Financing Putin’s Aggression|Gordon G. Chang|November 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Rolls Royce Motor Cars is a subsidiary of BMW, who make the engines.
Nationalism on Four Wheels|Clive Irving|October 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Nestlé, the Swiss owner of sausage-making subsidiary Herta, told The Daily Beast they would launch an appeal.
Germany’s Sausage Cartel is the Wurst|Nico Hines|July 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST

He does not see his wealth and status as subsidiary, he holds both shamelessly close.
Sting and Hillary Are Just Like You: How the Very Rich Play at Being Very Ordinary|Tim Teeman|June 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He took his accustomed seat at the desk, and placed a large ledger before him.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
She is of good pedigree, as I can show thee if thee will step over to my mill and look at my ledger.
Dorothy at Skyrie|Evelyn Raymond
This he quickly opened with another key, and after slight search took out a small ledger covered with dark-red leather.
The Doctor of Pimlico|William Le Queux
The ledger in which he kept the accounts of his office is now in the Post-office Department.
The Postal Service of the United States in Connection with the Local History of Buffalo|Nathan Kelsey Hall
Beaten on the main issue, Mr. Bradlaugh was successful, however, on the subsidiary one.
Reminiscences of Charles Bradlaugh|George W. Foote