# Subledger

> Subledger — The detail, by customer, vendor or asset, whose total must equal its control account in the GL.

Source: https://lopifi.com/glossary/subledger
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**What is subledger?** In accounting, subledger means the detail, by customer, vendor or asset, whose total must equal its control account in the GL.

## Words this system refuses for it

- sub-account (a child account in the chart)

- **Category:** Core ledger
- **Specified in:** [Lexicon](https://lopifi.com/md/docs/domain/11-lexicon)
- **Related:** control-account, account, vendor, asset