Associations to the word «Ledger»

Wiktionary

LEDGER, noun. A book for keeping notes, especially one for keeping accounting records.
LEDGER, noun. (accounting) A collection of accounting entries consisting of credits and debits.
LEDGER, noun. (construction) 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 BOARD, noun. (Can we clean up([1]) this sense?) Any of a series of horizontal boards, joined by vertical supports, but especially the topmost rail of a fence or balustrade
LEDGER LINE, noun. A musical notation to inscribe notes outside the lines and spaces of the regular musical staves; a line slightly longer than the note is drawn parallel to the staff, above or below, spaced at the same distances as the notes within the staff.
LEDGER LINES, noun. Plural of ledger line

Dictionary definition

LEDGER, noun. A record in which commercial accounts are recorded; "they got a subpoena to examine our books".
LEDGER, noun. An accounting journal as a physical object; "he bought a new daybook".

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca