ledgers

plural of ledger
as in records
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 ledgers The Big Ten also leads in the all-important financial ledgers when money matters to everyone. Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 20 July 2026 Myriad ledgers record artworks and exhibitions alongside the income that sustained Saar and her then-young daughters — Alison, Lezley and Tracye — after her 1970 divorce from Richard Saar. Tara Anne Dalbow, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026 Investigators in New York also obtained detailed ledgers of the gang’s bribe payments, which were referenced extensively in the Rocha indictment. Tim Golden, ProPublica, 13 July 2026 Along with collaborating with other team members, duties include managing ledgers and overseeing financial accuracy. Sacbee.com, 7 July 2026 Distance a joist spans between the support beams and ledgers. Caitlin Sole, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 July 2026 The app turns bank transactions, cash spending and cryptocurrency holdings into colorful, easy-to-scan charts instead of dense ledgers. Sharon Wu, USA Today, 1 July 2026 Embossed business cards, account ledgers, bins of bolts at the hardware store—all are pleasurable physical artifacts that have been more or less outmoded by technology. Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 17 June 2026 Banks continue to maintain separate ledgers, disconnected risk systems and fragmented compliance databases. Meelan Gupta, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
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Noun
  • But more than a year of his time (worth $420,000 per his contract) is unaccounted for in the public records the city has released, Thad and Riley found.
    Cassidy Alexander, AJC.com, 22 July 2026
  • According to the Department of Education’s own records, of 385,000 purchases made with voucher dollars, 84,000 violated the rules governing what is allowed.
    Peter Greene, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Noun
  • Brett also shared a special pre-recorded message that was posted on the club’s social media accounts.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026
  • There are $1,000 seed amounts for individual accounts and tax advantages.
    Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
Noun
  • On Friday, Tench was arrested on 99 felony charges, which include 33 counts of bid-rigging, 33 of first-degree forgery and 33 of filing false documents.
    Caroline Silva, AJC.com, 30 July 2026
  • Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department officer Seth Elliott used confidential police databases to let a drug dealer know about undercover police who were trying to buy drugs, court documents allege.
    Julia Coin Updated July 30, Charlotte Observer, 30 July 2026
Noun
  • Opening statements are set for Wednesday in Hadi Matar's trial in the federal courthouse in Buffalo, New York.
    ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026
  • But Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office prosecutors repeatedly rejected that argument during closing statements.
    Reeti Malhotra, Sacbee.com, 21 July 2026
Noun
  • Rising fuel costs increase production expenses and can feed directly into higher food prices.
    ABC News, ABC News, 21 July 2026
  • But teams book national revenue at differing amounts on their income statements, based on the timing of payments and gross revenue versus net of league expenses.
    Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 21 July 2026

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“Ledgers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ledgers. Accessed 2 Aug. 2026.

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