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sundries

sundries noun: a category in accounting records for irregular or miscellaneous items not otherwise classified. Also the plural of sundry.

Noun

sundries pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A category in accounting records for irregular or miscellaneous items not otherwise classified.
    • Miscellaheous expenses,—This item includes rent and royalties of all descriptions, “taxes, insurance, interest, advertising, office supplies, law expenses, injuries and damages, telegraph and telephone service, gas, and all other sundries not reported elsewhere.”1905, William Mott Steuart (United States Bureau of the Census), Special Reports: Mines and quarries 1902, page 476
    • In 1902 franchise values were largely carried as sundries, but it is a very common practice to charge these values to cost of construction and equipment.1910, William Mott Steuart, Thomas Commerford Martin (United States Bureau of the Census), Street and Electric Railways 1907, page 181

Also used as

sundries is also the plural of sundry.

Examples of sundries in a sentence

  • Any payment listed in the Sundries column must be posted individually to the appropriate ledger account.2009, Neville Box, VCE Accounting Units 3 & 4, 4th edition, unnumbered page:
  • The petty cash book classifies payments as petrol and oils, postage, office, sundries and GST paid.2011, Robert Rodgers, Peter Lucas, Bookkeeping and Accounting Essentials, page 105:

Words formed from sundries

Questions about sundries

What does sundries mean?
Sundries means a category in accounting records for irregular or miscellaneous items not otherwise classified.
How do you use sundries in a sentence?
Any payment listed in the Sundries column must be posted individually to the appropriate ledger account.
What part of speech is sundries?
Sundries is a noun.

Words near sundries in the dictionary

  1. Sundridge
  2. Sundridge Park
  3. Sundridge with Ide Hill
  4. sundrie
  5. sundried
  6. sundries
  7. sundriesman
  8. sundriesmen
  9. sundrily
  10. sundriness
  11. sundris

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