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ledger

[lej-er] / ˈlɛdʒ ɛr /
NOUN
account book
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The Houston Astros were leading in the AL West with a ledger of 77-76, an utterly underwhelming showing that is barely above the .500 threshold.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

They salvaged a point, or three, on other days, but they were on the wrong side of the ledger on so many occasions.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

Yet that addresses only one side of the federal ledger — the spending side.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

Lately, I’ve started to think I was keeping the wrong ledger.

From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026

Amaya gave her a quick nod of approval and went back to leafing through the ledger she’d pulled.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older

Dr Helen Paul, an economic historian at the University of Southampton, was one of the experts brought in to decipher 18th Century ledgers.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 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 company imploded after a dispute with bank partners revealed a massive shortfall in customer funds and a failure to keep accurate ledgers, according to court filings in Synapse’s bankruptcy proceeding.

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

He lit a cigar and began to study the ledgers.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu




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