trial balance

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noun Bookkeeping.

a statement of all the open debit and credit items, made preliminary to balancing a double-entry ledger.

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Origin of trial balance

First recorded in 1830–40

Words nearby trial balance

triadelphous, triad syndrome, triage, trial, trial and error, trial balance, trial balloon, trial by battle, trial by fire, trial court, trial denture

How to use trial balance in a sentence

Meanwhile, almost exactly 30 years after the trial, the judge left his home to board a steamboat and was never heard from again.
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Seventy-two adults between the ages of 18 and 50 are participating in the trial, led by the pediatrics department at Oxford.
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The next phase of the trial consists of vaccinating Ebola workers on the front lines.
The Race for the Ebola Vaccine|Abby Haglage|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
He lambasts the case as without evidence, an unfair trial, and damaging for the American reputation.
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He was trying, I think, to demonstrate balance and equivalence.
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A constant sense of easy balance should be developed through poising exercises.
Expressive Voice Culture|Jessie Eldridge Southwick
And as she hesitated between obedience to one and duty toward the other, her life, her love and future was in the balance.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
He was to pay one third of the amount before the book went to press, the balance he was to pay within a reasonable time.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
The challenge was accepted and the hay-wagon driven round and the trial commenced.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
No doubt it will be a trial for Miss Rowan, but I think she would feel better to have her father buried here.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair

British Dictionary definitions for trial balance

trial balance

noun

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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