Useful english dictionary. 2012.
ledger — led‧ger [ˈledʒə ǁ ər] noun [countable usually plural] ACCOUNTING one of the books or computer records showing the totals of items shown separately in the Books Of First Entry or day book S; = BOOK OF FINAL ENTRY: • Gone are the days of ledgers… … Financial and business terms
ledger — [lej′ər] n. [ME legger, prob. < ME leggen or liggen after MDu ligger: see LAY1, LIE1] 1. a large, flat stone placed over a tomb 2. a) a large, horizontal timber in a scaffold b) … English World dictionary
entry — / entri/ noun 1. an item of written information put in an accounts ledger (NOTE: The plural is entries.) ♦ to make an entry in a ledger to write in details of a transaction ♦ to contra an entry to enter a similar amount on the opposite side of… … Dictionary of banking and finance
entry — A declaration and request for customs release in respect of imports or goods intended for export. It is usually made on a Single Administrative Document ( SAD). Traders approved to do so can submit entries electronically. HM Customs & Revenue… … Financial and business terms
entry — The recording of an accounting transaction in a *general ledger or *subsidiary ledger. Under the conventions of *double entry bookkeeping, entries take the form of *debit entries and *credit entries … Auditor's dictionary
ledger — /lejsr/ A book of accounts, often referred to as a general ledger, in which a business records transactions; there being two parallel columns in each account, one for the debit entries, the other for the credits. Into this book are posted the… … Black's law dictionary
ledger — /lejsr/ A book of accounts, often referred to as a general ledger, in which a business records transactions; there being two parallel columns in each account, one for the debit entries, the other for the credits. Into this book are posted the… … Black's law dictionary
ledger — noun Etymology: Middle English lygger, leger large breviary, beam, probably from leyen, leggen to lay Date: 1588 1. a book containing accounts to which debits and credits are posted from books of original entry 2. a horizontal board used for… … New Collegiate Dictionary
ledger — /lej er/, n. 1. Bookkeeping. an account book of final entry, in which business transactions are recorded. 2. Building Trades. a. a horizontal timber fastened to the vertical uprights of a scaffold, to support the putlogs. b. ribbon (def. 8). 3. a … Universalium
ledger — ledg•er [[t]ˈlɛdʒ ɛr[/t]] n. 1) bus an account book of final entry, in which business transactions are recorded 2) a flat slab of stone laid over a grave • Etymology: 1475–85; earlier legger book … From formal English to slang
