The ledger that contains all of the financial accounts of a business; contains offsetting debit and credit accounts (including control accounts) WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

In bookkeeping, a general ledger is a bookkeeping ledger in which accounting data are posted from journals and aggregated from subledgers, such as accounts payable, accounts receivable, cash management, fixed assets, purchasing and projects. Wikipedia

The central accounting record of a company or organization consisting of the accounts that support the value items shown in the major financial statements. Wiktionary

Central accounting record. Wiktionary (translation)