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Goods Receipt Note (GRN)

A document recording that goods ordered were physically received, used to match a purchase order to the invoice that follows it.

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    The complete set of accounts recording every financial transaction a business enters into, from which the trial balance is extracted.

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    A statutory lump-sum benefit payable to an employee on retirement, resignation after five years' service, or death, computed under the Payment of Gratuity Act and usually recognised using an actuarial valuation.

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