adjusting entry

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   an accounting entry made at the end of an accounting period to allocate items between accounting periods

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Questions about adjusting entry

What does adjusting entry mean?

adjusting entry means "an accounting entry made at the end of an accounting period to allocate items between accounting periods".

Is adjusting entry a common word?

adjusting entry is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.