What's the alternative or synonym of "ledger" in below sentence?
In a manual accounting system, each account is kept on a separate page or card. These pages or cards are placed together in a book or file called the general ledger.
In the computerized system that most companies have today, accounts are maintained on magnetic tapes or disks.
However, as a matter of convenience, accountants still refer to the all-inclusive group of company accounts as the general ledger, or simply the ledger.
Magnetic tapes and disks? This sounds like ancient times!
There aren't many synonyms for something as specific as a "general ledger." I looked it up, and there are a few:
book of accounts
books
ledger
That's about it. Book of accounts is probably the closest in meaning to general ledger. Books is a very common term. If you keep the books for a company, that means you're the company's accountant. If you cook the books, that's an idiom meaning you are a crooked accountant who is cheating and lying in the accounts. Books is a more general and less formal term than general ledger.
