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ledger

[lej-er] / ˈlɛdʒ ɛr /
NOUN
account book
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The task of determining which expenses fall on what side of the ledger would belong to the state attorney general.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

In tokenized form, funds, stocks and other assets can trade on the blockchain, the digital ledger that underpins many cryptocurrencies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 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

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

From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026

Her ledger is well on its way down the Shannon and out to the Atlantic and I know I’ll follow it someday soon.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt

Agents have learned to painstakingly trace digital currencies, hop by hop, across blockchains—the decentralized ledgers stored on computers around the world that provide a public record of transactions between digital wallets.

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

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

Molly lifts a stack of ledgers out of the box and thumps it on the floor.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline




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