ledger

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One ledger of yellowing pages vividly evokes the cases of patients from 1919, the year after the end of World War I.

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

Like Aleys, Alouette forms alliances with other women, Sylvine and Marguerite, the latter of whom carefully documents the guards’ abuses in a ledger.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

It may also involve traditional accounting activities, such as tracking payments in a general ledger, involving debits and credits and double-entry accounting, as well as accounts payable activities of making payments.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

On the other side of the ledger is the opportunity cost of spending cash rather than investing it — often cited as roughly 7% based on long-term stock market averages.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 1, 2026

After I finished the letter, I got out the ledger and turned to this month’s entry.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson