ledger

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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

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

It acts as a decentralized digital ledger where data is shared and maintained across many computers rather than controlled by a single organization.

From Science Daily

All transactions are recorded on a digital ledger, known as a blockchain, so even if someone takes your money and puts it in their own crypto wallet, it is still visible online.

From BBC

Similarly, Tuesday’s consumer-price index, a key inflation reading, looked OK on the surface, but some details from the core prices side of the ledger gave DeBusschere and his team pause.

From MarketWatch