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ledger

[lej-er] / ˈlɛdʒ ɛr /
NOUN
account book
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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

The gains are landing on the other side of the ledger, at the companies that sell the machines.

From MarketWatch Sep. 3, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 1, 2026

“I saw that we had made, for a couple years, a good amount of money, and then I looked at the bottom of the ledger, and we’re in the red,” the 76-year-old says.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 25, 2026

Neglecting the new shipments delivered to the storage room, she began hounding us for recipes, for vermicelli pudding and papaya stew, and inscribed them in crooked letters in the pages of her inventory ledger.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri

Kaul, who lives in California, has said in court filings that she gave up her work as a legal consultant and learned how to trace crypto across digital ledgers.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

Myriad ledgers record artworks and exhibitions alongside the income that sustained Saar and her then-young daughters — Alison, Lezley and Tracye — after her 1970 divorce from Richard Saar.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

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

BVNK’s infrastructure bridges fiat currency with stablecoins, which are dollar-pegged tokens traded on blockchain ledgers.

From Barron's Mar. 17, 2026

Pedro Segundo Garcia took the keys, tucked the ledgers under his arm, and smiled without a trace of happiness.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende




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