Ledger vs. Leger: What's the Difference?

Ledger and Leger Definitions
Ledger
A book in which the monetary transactions of a business are posted in the form of debits and credits.
Leger
(obsolete) Light; slender, slim; trivial.
Ledger
A book to which the record of accounts is transferred as final entry from original postings.
Leger
Lying or remaining in a place; hence, resident.
A leger ambassador
Ledger
A slab of stone laid flat over a grave.
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Leger
An ambassador or minister resident at a court or seat of government; a leiger or lieger.
Ledger
A horizontal timber in a scaffold, attached to the uprights and supporting the putlogs.
Leger
(obsolete) Anything that lies in a place; that which, or one who, remains in a place.
Ledger
A book for keeping notes; a record book, a register.
Leger
(obsolete) ledger
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Ledger
A book or other scheme for keeping accounting records.
Leger
Alternative form of ledger
Ledger
(cryptocurrencies) A distributed ledger, a public financial transaction database, typically using a blockchain.
Leger
Anything that lies in a place; that which, or one who, remains in a place.
Ledger
(accounting) A collection of accounting entries consisting of credits and debits.
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Leger
A minister or ambassador resident at a court or seat of government.
Sir Edward Carne, the queen's leger at Rome.
Ledger
A large, flat stone, especially one laid over a tomb.
Leger
A ledger.
Ledger
(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.
Leger
Lying or remaining in a place; hence, resident; as, leger ambassador.
Ledger
(fishing) nodot=yes or ledger line (“fishing line used with ledger bait for bottom fishing; ligger”).
Leger
Light; slender; slim; trivial.
Ledger
(transitive) To record (something) in, or as if in, a ledger.
Leger
A record in which commercial accounts are recorded;
They got a subpoena to examine our books
Ledger
To use (a certain type of bait) in bottom fishing.
Leger
French painter who was an early cubist (1881-1955)
Ledger
To engage in bottom fishing.
Ledger
A book in which a summary of accounts is laid up or preserved; the final book of record in business transactions, in which all debits and credits from the journal, etc., are placed under appropriate heads.
Ledger
A large flat stone, esp. one laid over a tomb.
Ledger
A record in which commercial accounts are recorded;
They got a subpoena to examine our books
Ledger
An accounting journal as a physical object;
He bought a new daybook