noun🔗ShareA book for keeping notes, especially one for keeping accounting records; a record book, a register."The teacher asked students to record their daily homework assignments in a special ledger. "businessfinanceeconomywritingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA large, flat stone, especially one laid over a tomb."The family gathered around the weathered ledger covering the ancient tomb in the churchyard. "architecturematerialarchaeologyhistoryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA collection of accounting entries consisting of credits and debits."The accountant carefully recorded each transaction in the company's ledger, ensuring that every credit and debit was accurately documented. "businessfinanceeconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA board attached to a wall to provide support for attaching other structural elements (such as deck joists or roof rafters) to a building."The carpenter used the ledger to secure the deck joists to the house's exterior wall. "architecturebuildingstructureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareShort for ledger bait or ledger line (“fishing line used with ledger bait for bottom fishing; ligger”)."The fisherman used his ledger to cast the heavy bottom bait into the deep water. "sportfishChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo record (something) in, or as if in, a ledger."The accountant ledgered all the monthly expenses in the company's financial records. "businessfinanceeconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo use (a certain type of bait) in bottom fishing."The fisherman ledged his line with squid to catch flounder. "fishsportChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo engage in bottom fishing."The fisherman was known to ledger for cod in the deep waters off the coast. "businessfinanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
