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ledger

[lej-er] / ˈlɛdʒ ɛr /
NOUN
account book
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The Houston Astros were leading in the AL West with a ledger of 77-76, an utterly underwhelming showing that is barely above the .500 threshold.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

They salvaged a point, or three, on other days, but they were on the wrong side of the ledger on so many occasions.

From BBC Sep. 16, 2026

Yet that addresses only one side of the federal ledger — the spending side.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 1, 2026

Now consider the other side of the ledger — what America’s fabricators would have lost.

From MarketWatch Aug. 31, 2026

I open the drawers beside the desk, but there’s nothing unusual, just the normal ledger keeping and invoices you’d expect for a tobacco farm.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland

Agents have learned to painstakingly trace digital currencies, hop by hop, across blockchains—the decentralized ledgers stored on computers around the world that provide a public record of transactions between digital wallets.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

Dr Helen Paul, an economic historian at the University of Southampton, was one of the experts brought in to decipher 18th Century ledgers.

From BBC Jun. 18, 2026

During her morning news conference, she seemed to mock some of the U.S. evidence, including hand-written ledgers allegedly denoting payoffs to Mexican politicians.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 30, 2026

BVNK’s infrastructure bridges fiat currency with stablecoins, which are dollar-pegged tokens traded on blockchain ledgers.

From Barron's Mar. 17, 2026

J. T. once showed his ledgers to the board of directors to prove, as if proof were needed, the extent of his business acumen.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt




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