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ledger

[lej-er] / ˈlɛdʒ ɛr /
NOUN
account book
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On the other side of the ledger, what work does he have to show on behalf of the American people?

From Slate Jul. 9, 2026

To be honest, though, since the 40-year bond rally terminated in 2020, investors who ply their trade on the fixed-income side of the ledger have become accustomed to driving under a yellow flag.

From Barron's Jun. 25, 2026

The robot cops represent the other side of the ledger: China’s institutional ambition.

From MarketWatch Jun. 22, 2026

Some of the SpaceX investors on Kahlon’s ledger are easy to identify: the Indian politician Abhishek Singhvi; Betsy DeVos, the former U.S. secretary of education; a British Virgin Islands company owned by Indonesian billionaires.

From Salon Jun. 19, 2026

But what he didn’t see was that, curled up right in front of the first step, was a little round man in a frock coat, sleeping peacefully on a very large and well-worn ledger.

From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster

Baker meticulously traces these changes as they materialized in art, literature, and the ledgers and letters of Italian merchants.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

During her morning news conference, she seemed to mock some of the U.S. evidence, including hand-written ledgers allegedly denoting payoffs to Mexican politicians.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 30, 2026

The bank previously said Hartheimer’s conduct was unrelated to its operations and that customers’ misplaced funds stemmed from inaccurate ledgers maintained by Synapse.

From MarketWatch Mar. 17, 2026

Financial institutions are increasingly tokenizing funds, which refers to digitizing these funds to trade on blockchain ledgers.

From Barron's Mar. 16, 2026

About a hundred more goblins were sitting on high stools behind a long counter, scribbling in large ledgers, weighing coins in brass scales, examining precious stones through eyeglasses.

From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling




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