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ledg·er  (ljr)

n.

1.

a. A book in which the monetary transactions of a business are posted in the form of debits and credits.

b. A book to which the record of accounts is transferred as final entry from original postings.

2. A slab of stone laid flat over a grave.

3. A horizontal timber in a scaffold, attached to the uprights and supporting the putlogs.

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[Middle English legger, breviary, probably from leggen, to lay; see ledge.]

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ledger

Noun

Book-keeping the principal book in which the commercial transactions of a company are recorded [perhaps Middle English leggen to lay (because kept in a specific place)]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	ledger - a record in which commercial accounts are recorded; "they got a subpoena to examine our books" account book, book of account, leger, book record - a document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction; "they could find no record of the purchase" cost ledger - ledger showing the accumulated costs classified in various ways general ledger - the ledger that contains all of the financial accounts of a business; contains offsetting debit and credit accounts (including control accounts) subsidiary ledger - details of an account supporting the amount stated in the general ledger daybook, journal - a ledger in which transactions have been recorded as they occurred accounting system, method of accounting, accounting - a bookkeeper's chronological list of related debits and credits of a business; forms part of a ledger of accounts
	2.	ledger - an accounting journal as a physical object; "he bought a new daybook" daybook journal - a record book as a physical object

Translations

ledger [ˈlɛdʒəʳ] n → libro mayor

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ledger [ˈlɛdʒəʳ] n → registre m, grand livre

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ledger [ˈlɛdʒəʳ] n (Comm) → Hauptbuch nt

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ledger [ˈlɛdʒəʳ] n → libro maestro, registro

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ledger

n ledger [ˈledʒə]

the book of accounts of an office or shop. grootboek دَفْتَر الأسْتاذ счетоводна книга účetní kniha hovedbog das Hauptbuch λογιστικό βιβλίο libro mayor pearaamat دفترکل pääkirja grand livre סֵפֶר חֶשבּוֹנוֹת खाता glavna knjiga, saldakonti főkönyv buku keuangan höfuðbók libro mastro 元帳 ?부기?원장, 대장 didžioji knyga virsgrāmata lejar grootboek hovedbok, regnskapsprotokoll księga główna livro de contabilidade registru (mare) гроссбух hlavná kniha glavna knjiga knjiga računa huvudbok, liggare สมุดบัญชี defterikebir, ana hesap defteri 分類帳 бухгалтерська книга بہی کھاتہ sổ cái 分类帐