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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 ledgers
At that time, the ledgers bearing the names of French royalty were not even safely within a vault.
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Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 8 Nov. 2025
The palazzo’s library contains vast archives with ledgers, documents and correspondence to and from merchants, agents and buyers across the world.
—Big Think, 5 Nov. 2025
Chen kept ledgers of bribes, according to the indictment, and in 2019 a $3 million yacht was bought for a senior official in an unnamed foreign government.
—Helen Regan, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
Stablecoins trade on digital ledgers known as blockchains, just like popular cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2025
Prosecutors accused Zhi of directly managing the compounds by maintaining records, including ledgers tracking profits and which schemes were operating from each room.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
Investigators found ledgers that connected the gang to other burglaries, including some that were being planned.
—Kevin Grasha, Cincinnati Enquirer, 8 Oct. 2025
In 1494, for example, mathematician and ‘father of modern accounting’ Luca Pacioli wrote of Venetian merchants willfully rendering their ledgers illegible.
—Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
Oversight Democrats on Friday produced not only flight logs, but also phone messages, ledgers and daily schedules for Epstein from 2010 to 2019.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 26 Sep. 2025
Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 8 Nov. 2025
The palazzo’s library contains vast archives with ledgers, documents and correspondence to and from merchants, agents and buyers across the world.
—Big Think, 5 Nov. 2025
Chen kept ledgers of bribes, according to the indictment, and in 2019 a $3 million yacht was bought for a senior official in an unnamed foreign government.
—Helen Regan, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
Stablecoins trade on digital ledgers known as blockchains, just like popular cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2025
Prosecutors accused Zhi of directly managing the compounds by maintaining records, including ledgers tracking profits and which schemes were operating from each room.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
Investigators found ledgers that connected the gang to other burglaries, including some that were being planned.
—Kevin Grasha, Cincinnati Enquirer, 8 Oct. 2025
In 1494, for example, mathematician and ‘father of modern accounting’ Luca Pacioli wrote of Venetian merchants willfully rendering their ledgers illegible.
—Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
Oversight Democrats on Friday produced not only flight logs, but also phone messages, ledgers and daily schedules for Epstein from 2010 to 2019.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 26 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ledgers
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Outside of the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC East and the Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC North, who both stand alone as the only squads in their division with winning records, every other divisional leader holds only a slim edge over rivals in hot pursuit.—
Mike Jones,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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Grippin and his colleagues analyzed medical records from more than 1,000 patients with advanced lung and skin cancers who had undergone treatment with a type of immunotherapy called checkpoint inhibitors.—
Lisa Jarvis,
Twin Cities,
8 Nov. 2025
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During inquiries, the ICO found 178 active email accounts using passwords identical or similar to those set by the organization’s IT desk when the account was activated.—
Charlotte Reck,
CNN Money,
9 Nov. 2025
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This is no small feat given that the criminals’ bank accounts and arsenals are fed with narco-dollars by tens of millions of cocaine users in the West.—
Gustavo Petro,
Time,
9 Nov. 2025
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The United States supported the anti-communist massacres, providing lists of senior communist party officials, equipment and money to the Indonesian army, according to official documents that were declassified in 2017.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
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The Sin City star filed for divorce in Los Angeles County court in February, citing irreconcilable differences, according to documents reviewed by Entertainment Weekly at the time.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Nov. 2025
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What embarrassing statements to make in front of SCOTUS.—
Dan Mangan,
CNBC,
5 Nov. 2025
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There were plenty of reasons national Democrats were chugging antacids in recent months as one by one Mamdani’s past statements came back to Page One.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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Different food hubs help farmers cut expenses by providing a variety of resources, such as warehousing, transportation and delivery, education, marketing, contract management and some even provide supplies to farmers.—
Cristina LaRue,
Arkansas Online,
9 Nov. 2025
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Over the last 18 months, costs have risen around 20%, largely due to inflation and labor costs, but tariffs implemented earlier this year have also added to higher operational expenses.—
Amalia Roy,
FOXNews.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Ledgers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ledgers. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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