OPEN ITEM Definition

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OPEN ITEM is a contractual or scheduled commitment that is not yet reflected in Financial Accounting but will lead to actual expenditures in the future, e.g. a purchase order that is not shipped in full will list those unshipped items as open items within the shipping invoice.

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BANK is a financial entity that is licensed by a government to receive monetary deposits: commercial/retail banks and investment banks. In most countries, banks are regulated by a national government or central bank. 

BANK STATEMENT is a statement reporting all transactions in the accounts held by the account holder.

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