ledger

Example Sentences

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One ledger of yellowing pages vividly evokes the cases of patients from 1919, the year after the end of World War I.

From Barron's

It may also involve traditional accounting activities, such as tracking payments in a general ledger, involving debits and credits and double-entry accounting, as well as accounts payable activities of making payments.

From The Wall Street Journal

On the other side of the ledger is the opportunity cost of spending cash rather than investing it — often cited as roughly 7% based on long-term stock market averages.

From MarketWatch

It acts as a decentralized digital ledger where data is shared and maintained across many computers rather than controlled by a single organization.

From Science Daily

All transactions are recorded on a digital ledger, known as a blockchain, so even if someone takes your money and puts it in their own crypto wallet, it is still visible online.

From BBC