ledger

A book or system used to record money received and spent.

• Enter the payment in the ledger.
• The accountant checked our digital ledger.
• Each branch keeps a separate ledger.

Similar words: account book

Common phrases: general ledger, accounting ledger, ledger entries

A set of records showing amounts added to and taken from accounts.

• The ledger shows all our sales transactions.
• She compared the ledger with the bank statement.
• These ledgers contain both debits and credits.

Common phrases: sales ledger, purchase ledger, ledger balance

A book used to keep written records of events, names, or other information.

• She wrote my name in the ledger.
• The old ledger lists every visitor.
• Several ledgers survived the library fire.

Similar words: register, record book

Common phrases: old ledger, visitor ledger

A large flat stone, often placed over a grave.

• A ledger covers the grave.
• The inscription on the ledger is barely readable.
• Several stone ledgers lie inside the church.

Similar words: grave slab

Common phrases: ledger stone, carved ledger

To write information in a record book, especially details about money.

• The clerk ledgered each payment.
• Please ledger these expenses before Friday.
• She ledgers every transaction by hand.

Similar words: record, enter

Common phrases: ledger something, ledger each payment

To fish with a particular bait held near the bottom of the water.

• He ledgered a worm near the bank.
• You can ledger this bait in deeper water.
• She ledgers maggots when fishing for bream.

Common phrases: ledger a worm, ledger the bait

To fish with a weighted line that keeps the bait near the bottom.

• We ledger for carp here.
• He ledgered from the riverbank all morning.
• Do you prefer to ledger or use a float?

How to use it: ledger for something (They ledger for bream in the lake.)

Similar words: bottom fish

Common phrases: ledger for carp, ledger from shore