control account

English Thesaurus

1. an account that shows totals of amounts entered in a subsidiary ledger (noun.possession)

hypernym	:	accounting, accounting system, method of accounting,
definition	:	a bookkeeper's chronological list of related debits and credits of a business; forms part of a ledger of accounts (noun.possession)

part meronym	:	general ledger,
definition	:	the ledger that contains all of the financial accounts of a business; contains offsetting debit and credit accounts (including control accounts) (noun.possession)