ledger in English dictionary

  • ledger

    Meanings and definitions of "ledger"

    • A book for keeping notes, especially one for keeping accounting records.
    • (accounting): A collection of accounting entries consisting of credits and debits.
    • (construction): A board attached to a wall to provide support for attaching other structural elements (such as deck joists or roof rafters) to the building.
    • noun
      A book for keeping notes, especially one for keeping accounting records.
    • noun
      (accounting)
      A collection of accounting entries consisting of credits and debits.
    • noun
      (construction)
      A board attached to a wall to provide support for attaching other structural elements (such as deck joists or roof rafters) to the building.
    • noun
      A large flat stone, especially one laid over a tomb.
    • A book for keeping notes
    • A collection of accounting entries consisting of credits and debits
    • The part of an accounting system that is used for classifying the monetary value of economic transactions by using a chart of accounts, a fiscal calendar, and one or more currencies.
    • A horizontal timber fastened to the vertical uprights of a scaffold, lying parallel to the face of a building, to support the putlogs or joists, when they not enter into the walls or do not cover the beams.
    • noun
      an accounting journal as a physical object; "he bought a new daybook"
    • noun
      a record in which commercial accounts are recorded; "they got a subpoena to examine our books"

    Synonyms of "ledger" in English dictionary

    account book, record, book are the top synonyms of "ledger" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of ledger

    • ledger ( plural  ledgers)
    • ledger (plural ledgers)
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