WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
tri′al bal′ance, [Bookkeeping.]
  1. a statement of all the open debit and credit items, made preliminary to balancing a double-entry ledger.
  • 1830–40

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
trial balance
  1. a statement of all the debit and credit balances in the ledger of a double-entry system, drawn up to test their equality
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