ledger

English

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Etymology

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”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈlɛdʒə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ɛdʒə(ɹ)

Noun

ledger (plural ledgers)

1. A book for keeping notes, especially one for keeping accounting records.
2. (accounting) A collection of accounting entries consisting of credits and debits.
3. (construction) A board attached to a wall to provide support for attaching other structural elements (such as deck joists or roof rafters) to the building.
4. A large flat stone, especially one laid over a tomb.

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Translations

book for keeping notes

• Dutch: kladblok (nl)
• Finnish: tilikirja (fi)
• French: registre (fr) m
• Irish: mórleabhar cuntas (ga) m
• Polish: rejestr (pl) m

• Portuguese: bloco (pt)
• Russian: гроссбух (ru) (grossbúx) m, конторская книга (ru) (kontórskaja kníga) f
• Spanish: registro (es) m

collection of accounting entries

• Catalan: llibre de comptabilitat (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 總帳 (cmn), 总帐 (cmn) (zǒngzhàng)

• Dutch: grootboek (nl)
• Finnish: tilikirja (fi)
• French: grand livre (fr) m

• German: Hauptbuch (de) n
• Irish: mórleabhar cuntas (ga) m
• Norwegian: reskontro m
• Portuguese: canhoto
• Russian: гроссбух (ru) (grossbúx) m
• Swahili: leja (sw)

board attached to a wall to provide support

Derived terms

• ledger board
• ledger line

Anagrams

• red-leg

See also

• Ledger on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ledger in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.