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Ledger

Ledger Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Ledger? [n] an accounting journal as a physical object; "he bought a new daybook" [n] a record in which commercial accounts are recorded; "they got a subpoena to examine our books" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Ledger: account book \| book \| book of account \| daybook \| leger Related Terms \| Find terms related to Ledger: account \| account book \| accounts payable ledger \| accounts receivable ledger \| address book \| adversaria \| album \| annual \| appointment calendar \| appointment schedule \| balance sheet \| bank ledger \| bankbook \| bill \| bill of fare \| bill of lading \| blankbook \| blotter \| books \| calendar \| card ledger \| carte \| cashbook \| catalog \| classified catalog \| commonplace book \| cost card \| cost ledger \| cost sheet \| court calendar \| daybook \| desk calendar \| diary \| diptych \| docket \| Domesday Book \| engagement book \| factory ledger \| inventory \| invoice \| journal \| log \| logbook \| loose-leaf notebook \| manifest \| memo book \| memorandum book \| memory book \| menu \| notebook \| pad \| passbook \| petty cashbook \| pocket notebook \| pocketbook \| police blotter \| purchase ledger \| record book \| register \| registry \| sales journal \| sales ledger \| scrapbook \| scratch pad \| spiral notebook \| statement \| stock ledger \| stores ledger \| suspense ledger \| table \| tablet \| triptych \| workbook \| writing tablet \| yearbook See Also \| accounting \| accounting system \| cost ledger \| daybook \| general ledger \| journal \| journal \| method of accounting \| record \| subsidiary ledger Ledger In Webster's Dictionary \Ledg"er\(l[e^]j"[~e]r), n. [Akin to D. legger layer, daybook (fr. leggen to lay, liggen to lie), E. ledge, lie. See {Lie} to be prostrate.] 1. A book in which a summary of accounts is laid up or preserved; the final book of record in business transactions, in which all debits and credits from the journal, etc., are placed under appropriate heads. [Written also {leger}.] 2. (Arch.) (a) A large flat stone, esp. one laid over a tomb. --Oxf. Gloss. (b) A horizontal piece of timber secured to the uprights and supporting floor timbers, a staircase, scaffolding, or the like. It differs from an intertie in being intended to carry weight. [Written also {ligger}.] {Ledger bait}, fishing bait attached to a floating line fastened to the bank of a stream, pond, etc. --Walton. --J. H. Walsh. {Ledger blade},a stationary shearing blade in a machine for shearing the nap of cloth. {Ledger line}. See {Leger line}, under 3d {Leger}, a. {Ledger wall} (Mining), the wall under a vein; the foot wall. --Raymond.

Ledger Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ledger?

[n] an accounting journal as a physical object; "he bought a new daybook"
[n] a record in which commercial accounts are recorded; "they got a subpoena to examine our books"

Ledger In Webster's Dictionary

\Ledg"er\(l[e^]j"[~e]r), n. [Akin to D. legger layer,
daybook (fr. leggen to lay, liggen to lie), E. ledge, lie.
See {Lie} to be prostrate.]
1. A book in which a summary of accounts is laid up or
   preserved; the final book of record in business
   transactions, in which all debits and credits from the
   journal, etc., are placed under appropriate heads.
   [Written also {leger}.]

2. (Arch.)
   (a) A large flat stone, esp. one laid over a tomb. --Oxf.
       Gloss.
   (b) A horizontal piece of timber secured to the uprights
       and supporting floor timbers, a staircase,
       scaffolding, or the like. It differs from an intertie
       in being intended to carry weight. [Written also
       {ligger}.]

{Ledger bait}, fishing bait attached to a floating line
   fastened to the bank of a stream, pond, etc. --Walton.
   --J. H. Walsh.

{Ledger blade},a stationary shearing blade in a machine for
   shearing the nap of cloth.

{Ledger line}. See {Leger line}, under 3d {Leger}, a.

{Ledger wall} (Mining), the wall under a vein; the foot wall.
   --Raymond.

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