Account (bookkeeping)
CENTRAL DATA STRUCTURE IN THE PRACTICE OF ACCOUNTING
Classification of accounts; Classification of Accounts; Account (accountancy)
In bookkeeping, an account refers to assets, liabilities, income, expenses, and equity, as represented by individual ledger pages, to which changes in value are chronologically recorded with debit and credit entries. These entries, referred to as postings, become part of a book of final entry or ledger.