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# ''Accounting.''  The dual aspect concept that every accounting transaction has two sides.  (Therefore the balance sheet should always remain in balance.)  For example, if services are sold by a company for cash, the company's Sales figure increases AND its Cash increases.  Taking another example, if a company borrows money, its Cash increases AND its Liabilities (to repay the money in the future) also increase.
# ''Accounting.''  The dual aspect concept that every accounting transaction has two sides.  (Therefore the balance sheet should always remain in balance.)  For example, if services are sold by a company for cash, the company's Sales figure increases AND its Cash increases.  Taking another example, if a company borrows money, its Cash increases AND its Liabilities (to repay the money in the future) also increase.
#An error resulting from the inappropriate duplication or inappropriate repetition of an entry or part of an entry, in a financial information system or elsewhere.
#An error resulting from the inappropriate duplication or inappropriate repetition of an entry or part of an entry, in a financial information system or elsewhere.


== See also ==
== See also ==

Revision as of 22:12, 28 April 2016

  1. Accounting. The dual aspect concept that every accounting transaction has two sides. (Therefore the balance sheet should always remain in balance.) For example, if services are sold by a company for cash, the company's Sales figure increases AND its Cash increases. Taking another example, if a company borrows money, its Cash increases AND its Liabilities (to repay the money in the future) also increase.
  2. An error resulting from the inappropriate duplication or inappropriate repetition of an entry or part of an entry, in a financial information system or elsewhere.


See also