Ledger /(lĕj"ẽr)/

Ledg·er

Ledger

n.
  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 large flat stone, esp. one laid over a tomb. (Arch.)

Phrases & Compounds
Ledger bait
fishing bait attached to a floating line fastened to the bank of a stream, pond, etc.
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
the wall under a vein; the foot wall.