Definition of ledger Ledger

/lɛˈʤɚ/ - [lejer] - ledg•er

We found 12 definitions of ledger from 6 different sources.

What does ledger mean?

Noun Plural: ledgers
ledger - a record in which commercial accounts are recorded; "they got a subpoena to examine our books"
		leger, account book, book of account, book
		record the sum of recognized accomplishments; "the lawyer has a good record"; "the track record shows that he will be a good president"
		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 an accounting journal as a physical object; "he bought a new daybook"
ledger - an accounting journal as a physical object; "he bought a new daybook"
		daybook

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ledger (Noun)
A book for keeping notes, especially one for keeping accounting records.
ledger (Noun)
A collection of accounting entries consisting of credits and debits.
ledger (Noun)
A board attached to a wall to provide support for attaching other structural elements such as deck joists or roof rafters to the building.
ledger (Noun)
A large flat stone, especially one laid over a tomb.

ledger (n.)
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.
ledger (n.)
A large flat stone, esp. one laid over a tomb.
ledger (n.)
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.

ledger
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.

ledger
lej′ėr, n. the principal book of accounts among merchants, in which the entries in all the other books are entered: (Shak.) a resident, esp. an ambassador: a bar, stone, &c., made to lie flat, a piece of timber used in making a scaffolding, a horizontal slab, as over a tomb.—adj. lying in a certain place, stationary. [Skeat explains ledger-book as one that lies always ready, from Dut. legger, one that lies down, leggen, to lie, a common corr. of liggen, to lie (like lay for lie in English).]

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ledger in sign language