meaning of ledger
1. 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.
2. A large flat stone, esp. one laid over a tomb.
3. 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.
4. an accounting journal as a physical object; "he bought a new
">daybook"
Related Words
ledger | ledger board | ledger entry | ledger line | ledger paper |
