ledgers
noun
Meaning
- A book for keeping notes, especially one for keeping accounting records; a record book, a register.
- A large, flat stone, especially one laid over a tomb.
- A collection of accounting entries consisting of credits and debits.
- A board attached to a wall to provide support for attaching other structural elements (such as deck joists or roof rafters) to a building.
- Short for ledger bait or ledger line (“fishing line used with ledger bait for bottom fishing; ligger”).
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