ledger

Definition of ledgernext
as in record
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 Reiss opened a ledger, which was just a notebook page listing items beside tally marks. Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026 County sales tax distributions added $40,089 to the May monthly ledger, while county property taxes contributed $170,599 in May. Randy Moll, Arkansas Online, 26 July 2026 The ledger of Americans killed and wounded in any conflict has long been viewed as the clearest measure of a war's true cost, and a fundamental test of government transparency. Steven Beynon, ABC News, 24 July 2026 Asked for documentation of the expenses through a public records request, the only records provided by the city consisted of a ledger of payments, with no receipts. Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for ledger
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Noun
  • Getty Images Scott Stornetta and Stuart Haber are two renowned founding fathers of Blockchain technology who devised the method of cryptographically linking records into a tamper-evident chain.
    Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Walker and Pearce accounted for nearly 30 percent of Atlanta's franchise-record 57 sacks last season.
    CBS News, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The surge in public interest in the case has resulted in a wave of online scrutiny aimed at someone who by all accounts, is not a suspect.
    Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
  • The account marks a sharp turn from where Hansen left things only days earlier.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026
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  • In a follow-up statement to The Athletic, an ESPN spokesman said the company stands by its reporting.
    Chris Branch, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
  • In a statement on Telegram, the party said Shlosberg will appeal.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
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  • Earlier this year, tech journalism site 404 Media reported on internal documents that showed Bus Patrol allegedly working on a plan to turn its thousands of cameras into an Automatic License Plate Reader network for law enforcement.
    Tory Wegerski, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • That is on the way, Mayor Quinton Lucas told me Wednesday, with TIF filings scheduled for this week and bond documents to follow.
    Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 21 Aug. 2026

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“Ledger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ledger. Accessed 24 Aug. 2026.

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