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a book that a company uses to record information about the money it has paid and received
The accountant went over the company's ledgers at the end of the fiscal year.
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Recent Examples of ledger
The conversation opened like a ledger: direct, deliberate, and structured.
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Alexander-Julian Gibbson, Vogue, 14 May 2025
But both teams have needs to fill, on the field and on the business ledger, where the Marlins maintain an MLB-last $67.3 million payroll and always seem to be looking for ways to trim it even further.
—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
That means Dallas’ strengths have to be equal to the task, and there’s a lot more to worry about on their side of the ledger.
—The Athletic Nhl Staff, New York Times, 20 May 2025
On the other side of the ledger, Mr. Trump has raised federal revenues through his tariffs.
—Laurent Belsie, Christian Science Monitor, 20 May 2025
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Alexander-Julian Gibbson, Vogue, 14 May 2025
But both teams have needs to fill, on the field and on the business ledger, where the Marlins maintain an MLB-last $67.3 million payroll and always seem to be looking for ways to trim it even further.
—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
That means Dallas’ strengths have to be equal to the task, and there’s a lot more to worry about on their side of the ledger.
—The Athletic Nhl Staff, New York Times, 20 May 2025
On the other side of the ledger, Mr. Trump has raised federal revenues through his tariffs.
—Laurent Belsie, Christian Science Monitor, 20 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ledger
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Operating cash flow, meanwhile, represented a new quarterly record and helped drive the team to a 25% free cash flow margin and double-digit free cash flow growth, sequentially.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
4 June 2025
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While domestic issues such as a cost of living crisis, stagnant economy, and record youth unemployment dominated the vote, inter-Korean relations as ever loom in the background.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
4 June 2025
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Early childhood Lawmakers approved landmark legislation to fund an endowment account to create more affordable child care in Connecticut in the coming years.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
8 June 2025
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Republished on June 8 with a new warning into Google account attacks.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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Jamie Ratliff, a spokeswoman for Eversource, said in a statement that customers could expect to see an average savings of $4 a month strictly off the public benefits portion of their bills.—
John Moritz,
Hartford Courant,
4 June 2025
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The Exeter Police Department said in a statement that emergency crews responded to a wooded area of the train tracks outbound from the Newfields Road trestle on Monday, June 2, after train officials reported an incident.—
David Chiu,
People.com,
4 June 2025
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The action came after a judge found probable cause that the employer was using fictitious documents for some of its workers, according to representatives for Homeland Security Investigations and the U.S. Attorney's Office.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 June 2025
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According to Drumright, virtually all of them were relying on fictitious documents.—
Michael Luo,
New Yorker,
8 June 2025
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“Ledger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ledger. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.
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