Most private people consider an account to be something that holds
money at an institution for them. Ledger uses a more general
definition of the word. An account is anywhere money can go. Other
finance programs use “categories”, Ledger uses accounts.
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Ledger: Command-Line Accountingthe last time the account was referenced—but it also means having a lot of journal books, if you deal with multiple accounts. Here is a good place for an aside on the use of the word “account”. <span>Most private people consider an account to be something that holds money at an institution for them. Ledger uses a more general definition of the word. An account is anywhere money can go. Other finance programs use “categories”, Ledger uses accounts. So, for example, if you buy some groceries at Trader Joe’s, then more groceries at Whole Food Market, you might assign the transactions like this 2011/03/15 Trader Joe's Expenses:Grocer Summary
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