Ledger
Ledger (lej"ẽr) , noun
[Akin to Dutch legger layer, daybook (from leggen to lay, liggen to lie), English ledge, lie. See Lie to be prostrate.]
1.
A book in which a summary of accounts is laid up or preserved; the final book of record in business transactions, in which all debits and credits from the journal, etc., are placed under appropriate heads.
2.
(a) (Architecture) A large flat stone, esp. one laid over a tomb.
(b)
(Architecture) A horizontal piece of timber secured to the uprights and supporting floor timbers, a staircase, scaffolding, or the like. It differs from an intertie in being intended to carry weight. — Oxf. Gloss
Collocations (4)
Ledger bait , fishing bait attached to a floating line fastened to the bank of a stream, pond, etc. — Walton
Ledger blade , a stationary shearing blade in a machine for shearing the nap of cloth.
Ledger line , See Leger line, under 3d Leger, a.
Ledger wall (Mining) , the wall under a vein; the foot wall. — Raymond