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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Richard Wackerbarth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 12:33 PM
> > To: Herbert Thoma; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: question: What is a JE?
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> > On Thu, 11 May 2000, Herbert Thoma wrote:
> > > <...>
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> > > > A JE must progress through the following "reconciliation states"
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> > > <...>
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> > > I read it several times now, what does JE mean???
> > Sorry for the shorthand. JE==Journal Entry.
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> It'll cause less confusion, but won't eliminate it.
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> I tend to think of "Journal Entries" as being like GnuCash "transactions"
> (i.e., a collection of splits that are related and balance). The splits
> themselves I tend to think of as "Ledger Entries", since they correspond to
> an individual entry in a ledger book.
Maybe "Ledger Entry", abbreviated "LE", would be a better term.
- hendrik
