LEDGER


Meaning of LEDGER in English

noun a large flat stone, ·esp. one laid over a tomb.

2. ledger ·noun 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.

3. ledger ·noun 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.

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