Ledger Definition

lĕjər
ledgers
noun
ledgers
A book in which the monetary transactions of a business are posted in the form of debits and credits.
American Heritage
A large, flat stone placed over a tomb.
Webster's New World
Webster's New World
The book of final entry, used, in a double-entry system, for recording all debits and credits, as by transfer from a journal, according to the accounts to which they belong.
Webster's New World
A large, horizontal timber in a scaffold.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Ledger

Noun

Singular:
ledger
Plural:
ledgers

Origin of Ledger

  • From Middle English lygger, leger (“large breviary, beam"), probably from leyen, leggen (“to lay"), akin to Dutch legger (“layer, daybook") (from leggen (“to lay"), liggen (“to lie"), English ledge, lie (“to be prostrate")).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English legger breviary probably from leggen to lay ledge

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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