Ledger vs. Leger

Ledger vs. Leger — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Ledger and Leger

Ledgernoun

A book for keeping notes, especially one for keeping accounting records; a record book, a register.

Legeradjective

(obsolete) Light; slender, slim; trivial.

Ledgernoun

A large, flat stone, especially one laid over a tomb.

Legeradjective

Lying or remaining in a place; hence, resident.

a leger ambassador

Ledgernoun

(accounting) A collection of accounting entries consisting of credits and debits.

Legernoun

An ambassador or minister resident at a court or seat of government; a leiger or lieger.

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Ledgernoun

(construction) A board attached to a wall to provide support for attaching other structural elements (such as deck joists or roof rafters) to a building.

Legernoun

(obsolete) Anything that lies in a place; that which, or one who, remains in a place.

Ledgernoun

(fishing) nodot=yes or ledger line (“fishing line used with ledger bait for bottom fishing; ligger”).

Legernoun

(obsolete) records]]

Ledgerverb

(transitive) To record (something) in, or as if in, a ledger.

Legernoun

a record in which commercial accounts are recorded;

they got a subpoena to examine our books
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Ledgerverb

To use (a certain type of bait) in bottom fishing.

Legernoun

French painter who was an early cubist (1881-1955)

Ledgerverb

To engage in bottom fishing.

Ledgernoun

a record in which commercial accounts are recorded;

they got a subpoena to examine our books

Ledgernoun

an accounting journal as a physical object;

he bought a new daybook