About The Word Ledger
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Ledger
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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.
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