Definition of Ledger

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Ledger

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.

A large flat stone, esp. one laid over a tomb.

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.

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Ledger Quotations

Life is constantly providing us with new funds, new resources, even when we are reduced to immobility. In life's ledger there is no such thing as frozen assets.
Henry Miller

I guess we all like to be recognized not for one piece of fireworks, but for the ledger of our daily work.
Neil Armstrong

My hat was pulled down and this girl said 'Are you really him?' I whispered 'Yeah, I'm really him.' She screamed, 'Mom! Dad! It's Heath Ledger!
Josh Hartnett

Ledger Translations

ledger in German is Hauptbuch, Fixpunkt, Konto
ledger in Norwegian is reskontro, hovedbok
ledger in Spanish is libro mayor
ledger in Swedish is huvudbok, liggare

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