Sekirov Dictionary

ledger

UK /ˈlɛd͡ʒə/US /ˈlɛd͡ʒɚ/

noun 7
verb 3
forms 3

noun7

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A book for keeping notes; a record book, a register.
- Our ledger has no entry for the human pain caused by war. — 1981
•
A book or other scheme for keeping accounting records.
- The first Leidger, or Leidger Nº A. being thus finish'd, it is requisite to prepare for the erecting of thy Accounts anew in a Leidger Nº B. or thy second Leidger, which thou shalt do thus. — 1675
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A distributed ledger, a public financial transaction database, typically using a blockchain.
- To be clear: there's only one ledger, but that ledger is not stored in any one central location. Rather, identical copies exist on every node—a copy on every computer. — 2020
A collection of accounting entries consisting of credits and debits.
A board attached to a wall to provide support for attaching other structural elements (such as deck joists or roof rafters) to a building.
A large, flat stone, especially one laid over a tomb.
Ellipsis of ledger bait (“fishing bait attached to a floating line fastened to the bank of a pond, stream, etc.”) or ledger line (“fishing line used with ledger bait for bottom fishing; ligger”).

verb3

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To use (a certain type of bait) in bottom fishing.
- The added advantage of legering a small bait rather than freelining one is that you can tighten up harder to the bait and so spot runs earlier. — 1997
•
To engage in bottom fishing.
- The best baits for ledgering are, firstly, worms; secondly, greaves; and, thirdly, a bunch of gentles, though some people occasionally catch barbel with raw beef or ham; […] — 1877
•
To record (something) in, or as if in, a ledger.
- They were not looking for their reckoning but totally rejected Our revelations. Everything We had ledgered in a book. — 2012

forms

ledgered · ledgering · ledgers

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