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ledger
/ˈlɛd͡ʒɚ/
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What does ledger mean?
noun
- A book for keeping notes; a record book, a register.
- A book or other scheme for keeping accounting records.
- A distributed ledger, a public financial transaction database, typically using a blockchain.
More meanings (8)
noun
- A collection of accounting entries consisting of credits and debits.
- A large, flat stone, especially one laid over a tomb.
- A board attached to a wall to provide support for attaching other structural elements (such as deck joists or roof rafters) to a building.
- Ellipsis of ledger bait (“fishing bait attached to a floating line fastened to the bank of a pond, stream, etc.”) or ledger line (“fishing line used with ledger bait for bottom fishing; ligger”).
verb
- To record (something) in, or as if in, a ledger.
- To use (a certain type of bait) in bottom fishing.
- To engage in bottom fishing.
proper noun
- A surname.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈlɛd͡ʒɚ/
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“They are more cunning than practical. When they make up their ledger, they balance stupidity by wealth, and vice by hypocrisy.”
To dream that you make wrong entries on your ledger, you will have small disputes and a slight loss will befall you.
More book examples (3)
They are recorded on your ledger, or perhaps have been sold to human flesh-mongers, with a view to filling our own ever-hungry purse.
So it will be until the Great Recorder sums me up and closes my ledger account with a balance to profit or loss.
But after all, I doubt if most of us will look at the matter only after consulting the columns of the household ledger.