ledger
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5.0
- noun
- /ˈlɛdʒər/
- Specialized
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- Before closing the books for the year, she updated the ledger with the latest financial entries.
- general ledger
- ledger accounts
- ledger entries
In fact, all those invoices, the checks we wrote and the Ledger, absolutely right.
- In fact, all those invoices, the checks we wrote and the Ledger, absolutely right.
- were held in bondage on various plantations, listed in the ledgers alongside
- Blanche turns to the vouchers in the Trump Organization Ledger system.
- And then each individual tenant has their own Ledger.
- But that includes recognizing the positive side of the Ledger.
- Like how many Realtors do you know that still use business cards or like paper ledgers or you actually have to sign the mortgage documents?
- And we're now seeing the other side of the Ledger, day in, day out with children who are behind in school.
- You and I today we, we're sitting in this room, if we're going to, if you have money in the bank, the bank keeps a Ledger for you of your money.
- They just sort of make a notation in their Ledger of grievances and then gain even more control in the relationship by playing on your guilt.
- Yes, you're making it instantly and yes, it's very cheap, but it's really just an entry Ledger at PayPal that is says money went from account A to account B.
- This last box, if I just caught it, ledgers, you'd still have ledgers in.
Examples
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Next to it was an open Ledger, inside which many people had signed their names along with their cabin numbers.
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On all sides were stacks and stacks of ledgers lined up on shelves.
Fiction book (1996) -
Just give me the ledger, and we'll all go home tonight.
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And what does your ledger say about me?
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In his job, he kept accounts; there was a ledger for every transaction.
Fiction book (1994) -
The household account is in this ledger.
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From now on, I'll be keeping the ledger in the vault.
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Miss, do you have any documents indicating who stayed here or a ledger of accounts?
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I found your ledger.
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The structure of one's ledger will determine the ability to identify deficits and surpluses.
Academic text (2015)
Synonyms
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3.7
A record that shows a business's money coming in and going out
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3.0
An official written list of names or events
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2.3
A book that lists official facts or achievements
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2.3
A book or digital record where a business writes all money it gets and spends
A book where a business writes down all money it receives and pays
A main book where a business records all its financial accounts
Compounds
- Specialized
A written record in a company's books that shows one financial transaction
- Specialized
A record that shows individual transactions for one main account, like customers' balances
How Formal
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ledger comes from an old word like lie meaning 'to lie down', because a ledger was a book that 'lies' in one place as the main record of accounts. So a ledger is the main financial book used to keep and check accounts.