Ledger
English Meaning
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.
- A book in which the monetary transactions of a business are posted in the form of debits and credits.
- A book to which the record of accounts is transferred as final entry from original postings.
- A slab of stone laid flat over a grave.
- A horizontal timber in a scaffold, attached to the uprights and supporting the putlogs.