daybook, ledger
(noun) an accounting journal as a physical object; “he bought a new daybook”
ledger, leger, account book, book of account, book
(noun) a record in which commercial accounts are recorded; “they got a subpoena to examine our books”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
ledger (plural ledgers)
A book for keeping notes, especially one for keeping accounting records; a record book, a register.
A large, flat stone, especially one laid over a tomb.
(accounting) A collection of accounting entries consisting of credits and debits.
(construction) A board attached to a wall to provide support for attaching other structural elements (such as deck joists or roof rafters) to a building.
Synonym: ligger
(fishing) Short for ledger bait or ledger line (“fishing line used with ledger bait for bottom fishing; ligger”).
• distributed ledger
• nominal ledger
• sales ledger
ledger (third-person singular simple present ledgers, present participle ledgering, simple past and past participle ledgered)
(transitive) To record (something) in, or as if in, a ledger.
(transitive, fishing) To use (a certain type of bait) in bottom fishing.
(intransitive, fishing) To engage in bottom fishing.
• gelder, red-leg, redleg
Ledger (plural Ledgers)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ledger is the 14096th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2132 individuals. Ledger is most common among White (86.77%) individuals.
• gelder, red-leg, redleg
Source: Wiktionary
Ledg"er, n. Etym: [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.]
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.] Ledger bait, fishing bait attached to a floating line fastened to the bank of a stream, pond, etc. Walton. J. H. Walsh.
– Ledger line. See Leger line, under 3d Leger, a.
– Ledger wall (Mining), the wall under a vein; the foot wall. Raymond.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 April 2025
(noun) the crease at the junction of the inner part of the thigh with the trunk together with the adjacent region and often including the external genitals
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