ledger
nounUK /ˈlɛdʒ.ər/
US /ˈlɛdʒ.ɚ/
A book where you write down money that comes in and goes out.
The shop owner wrote every sale in her ledger.
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OTHER MEANINGS
2. A flat stone slab used as a gravestone or for building.
A mossy ledger marked the old grave.
3. A horizontal piece of timber or stone in a building frame.
Workers fixed the ledger beam above the doorway.
4. A fishing method where bait is kept in place near the bottom.
They tried ledger fishing along the riverbank.