| A | B |
| Check | A business form ordering a bank to pay cash from a bank account. |
| Double-entry accounting | The recording of debit and credit parts of a transaction. |
| Entry | Information for each transaction recorded in a journal. |
| Invoice | A form describing the goods or services sold, the quantity, the price, and the terms of sale. |
| Journal | A form for recording transactions in chronological order. |
| Journalizing | Recording transactions in a journal. |
| Memorandum | A form on which a brief message is written to describe a transaction. |
| Receipt | A business form giving written acknowledgement for cash received. |
| Sales invoice | An invoice used as a source document for recording a sale on account. A sales invoice is also referred to as a sales ticket or a sales slip. |
| Sales slip | See sales invoice. |
| Sales ticket | See sales invoice. |
| Source document | A business paper from which information is obtained for a journal entry. |