Posting

A posting is one line within a Ledger transaction that assigns an amount to an account. Every transaction contains at least two postings, and their amounts must sum to zero (enforcing double-entry bookkeeping). Ledger allows the last posting in a transaction to omit its amount — the software infers it from the balance. Example:

2024/03/15 Grocery Store
    Expenses:Food:Groceries    $52.47
    Assets:Checking

Here there are two postings: one debiting Expenses:Food:Groceries for $52.47,andonecrediting‘Assets:Checking‘forthebalancingamount(-$52.47), which Ledger infers.