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ledger
has definitions from the fields of accounting,writing
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[ noun ] (accounting) a record in which commercial accounts are recorded
Synonyms Examples "they got a subpoena to examine our books" Used in print (Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)The moral aridity of merchants made them loyal usually to their ledgers . (E. Lucas Myers, "The Vindication of Dr. Nestor,"...)There was little enough time to contemplate them , however ; in an instant the doctor was stalking across the room with an antique ledger in his hands , thoroughly eared and big as a table_top . `` This is my hen ledger '' , he informed him in an absorbed way . The ledger was full of most precise information : Related terms record general_ledger subsidiary_ledger daybook cost_ledger accounting |
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[ noun ] (accounting,writing) an accounting journal as a physical object
Examples : "he bought a new daybook" Used in print (William C. Smith, "Why Fear Ideas?"...)Despite this danger , however , we are informed on every hand that ideas , not machines , are our finest tools ; they are priceless even_though they cannot be recorded on a ledger page ; they are the most valuable of commodities - and the most salable , for their demand far exceeds supply . Related terms |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 10203
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