English-Thai Dictionary

ledger

N แผ่น หิน เหนือ หลุมฝังศพ  pan-hin-nuan-lum-fang-sob

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LEDGER

n.The principal book of accounts among merchants; the book into which the accounts of the journal are carried in a summary form. [See Leger. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LEDGER

Ledg "er, n. Etym: [Akin to D. legger layer, daybook (fr. leggen to lay, liggen to lie ), E. ledge, lie. See Lie to be prostrate. ]

 

1. 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. [Written also leger. ]

 

2. (Arch. ) (a ) A large flat stone, esp. one laid over a tomb. Oxf. Gloss. (b ) A horizontal piece of timber secured to the uprights and supporting floor timbers, a staircase, scaffolding, or the like. It differs from an intertie in being intended to carry weight. [Written also ligger. ] Ledger bait, fishing bait attached to a floating line fastened to the bank of a stream, pond, etc. Walton. J. H. Walsh. -- Ledger line. See Leger line, under 3d Leger, a. -- Ledger wall (Mining ), the wall under a vein; the foot wall. Raymond.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

ledger

ledg er |ˈlejər ˈlɛʤər | ▶noun 1 a book or other collection of financial accounts of a particular type: the total balance of the purchases ledger. 2 a flat stone slab covering a grave. 3 a horizontal scaffolding pole, parallel to the face of a building. ORIGIN late Middle English legger, ligger (denoting a large bible or breviary ), probably from variants of lay 1 and lie 1, influenced by Dutch legger and ligger. Current senses date from the 16th cent.

 

ledger line

ledg er line (also leger line ) ▶noun Music a short line added for notes above or below the range of a staff.

 

Oxford Dictionary

ledger

ledger |ˈlɛdʒə | ▶noun 1 a book or other collection of financial accounts: the total balance of the purchases ledger. 2 a flat stone slab covering a grave. 3 a horizontal scaffolding pole, parallel to the face of the building. 4 a weight used on a fishing line without a float, to anchor the bait in a particular place: [ as modifier ] : ledger tackle. ▶verb [ no obj. ] fish using a ledger. ORIGIN late Middle English legger, ligger (denoting a large bible or breviary ), probably from variants of lay 1 and lie 1, influenced by Dutch legger and ligger. Current senses date from the 16th cent. , except the fishing senses, known from the 17th cent.

 

ledger line

ledger line ▶noun Music variant spelling of leger line.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

ledger

ledger noun a sales ledger: book, account book, record book, register, log, accounts; records, books; balance sheet, financial statement.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

ledger

ledger noun a sales ledger: book, account book, record book, register, registry, log; records, archives, books; balance sheet, financial statement.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

ledger

ledg er /lédʒə r /名詞 C 1 出納簿, 台帳 .2 〘楽 〙加線 (ledger line ).