gnucash-docs maint: Bug 781711: Add reversing transaction definition

[Geert Janssens]

Updated	 via  https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash-docs/commit/9d57a708 (commit)
	from  https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash-docs/commit/45523a15 (commit)



commit 9d57a70835372e1448d47981a4beb58fd85ac183
Author: David Thomas <sunfish62 at yahoo.com>
Date:   Tue Apr 25 19:02:47 2017 +0500

    Bug 781711: Add reversing transaction definition

diff --git a/guide/C/gnc-glossary.xml b/guide/C/gnc-glossary.xml
index 5da69ea..d278657 100644
--- a/guide/C/gnc-glossary.xml
+++ b/guide/C/gnc-glossary.xml
@@ -326,6 +326,18 @@
   </glossdef>
 </glossentry>
 
+<glossentry id="gnc-gl_reversingtxn">
+   <glossterm>Reversing Transaction</glossterm>
+   <glossdef>
+      <para>In formal accounting, a transaction is never deleted. Therefore, when
+         a mistake is made, the original transaction remains in the ledger, and a
+         transaction is added to the ledger that reverses the original. This
+         <emphasis>reversing transaction</emphasis> restores the books to the state before
+         the error, and a new correct transaction is created. Reversing
+         transactions are not commonly used in personal accounting.</para>
+   </glossdef>
+</glossentry>
+
 <glossentry id="gnc-gl_risk">
   <glossterm>Risk</glossterm>
   <glossdef>



Summary of changes:
 guide/C/gnc-glossary.xml | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)