'Ledger' definitions:
Definition of 'ledger'
From: WordNet
noun
A record in which commercial accounts are recorded; "they got a subpoena to examine our books" [syn: ledger, leger, account book, book of account, book]
noun
An accounting journal as a physical object; "he bought a new daybook" [syn: daybook, ledger]
Definition of 'Ledger'
From: GCIDE
- Ledger \Ledg"er\(l[e^]j"[~e]r), n. [Akin to D. legger layer, daybook (fr. leggen to lay, liggen to lie), E. ledge, lie. See Lie to be prostrate.]
- 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. [Written also leger.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Arch.) (a) A large flat stone, esp. one laid over a tomb. --Oxf. Gloss. (b) 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. [Written also ligger.] [1913 Webster]
- Ledger bait, fishing bait attached to a floating line fastened to the bank of a stream, pond, etc. --Walton. --J. H. Walsh.
- Ledger blade,a stationary shearing blade in a machine for shearing the nap of cloth.
- Ledger line. See Leger line, under 3d Leger, a.
- Ledger wall (Mining), the wall under a vein; the foot wall. --Raymond. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'ledger'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- account,
- account book,
- accounts payable ledger,
- accounts receivable ledger,
- address book,
- adversaria,
- album,
- annual,
- appointment calendar,
- appointment schedule,
- balance sheet,
- bank ledger,
- bankbook,
- bill,
- bill of fare,
- bill of lading,
- blankbook,
- blotter,
- books,
- calendar,
- card ledger,
- carte,
- cashbook,
- catalog,
- classified catalog,
- commonplace book,
- cost card,
- cost ledger,
- cost sheet,
- court calendar,
- daybook,
- desk calendar,
- diary,
- diptych,
- docket,
- Domesday Book,
- engagement book,
- factory ledger,
- inventory,
- invoice,
- journal,
- log,
- logbook,
- loose-leaf notebook,
- manifest,
- memo book,
- memorandum book,
- memory book,
- menu,
- notebook,
- pad,
- passbook,
- petty cashbook,
- pocket notebook,
- pocketbook,
- police blotter,
- purchase ledger,
- record book,
- register,
- registry,
- sales journal,
- sales ledger,
- scrapbook,
- scratch pad,
- spiral notebook,
- statement,
- stock ledger,
- stores ledger,
- suspense ledger,
- table,
- tablet,
- triptych,
- workbook,
- writing tablet,
- yearbook