plural ledgers
1
a
: a book containing accounts to which debits and credits are posted from books of original entry
Psmith, perched gracefully on a stool, entered figures in a ledger.—
P. G. Wodehouse
P. G. Wodehouse
b
: a digital record that is used similarly to an accounting ledger (as for maintaining a list of transactions)
Williams said he also recovered a ledger spreadsheet on a laptop computer seized from Wright and a "key" to translate the ledger.—Scott Dolan
Scott Dolan
specifically
: blockchain
NFTs use blockchain, the technology ledger backing cryptocurrencies …, which are databases of linked information to record ownership or transactions of a product. —Weston Blasi
Weston Blasi The original idea behind Provenance was to provide transparency, proof of loan performance, provenance—reliable information about who owned or owns an asset at any given time—lower costs and easier audits for loan buyers and sellers through distributed ledger technology. —Penny Crosman
Penny Crosman 2
: a horizontal board used for vertical support (as in scaffolding)
I'd rather see joists resting on a ledger, spiked to the girders or to the house through spacers.—Jim Locke
Jim LockeExamples of ledger in a Sentence
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On the other side of the ledger, the U.S. could theoretically come to the depressing conclusion that Maduro is likely to be Venezuela’s leader at least until 2030 — and likely longer — and normalize relations in the hope that full U.S. engagement will temper the man’s instincts.
—Daniel Depetris, Twin Cities, 1 Aug. 2024
The team had managed just two winning ledgers in the previous 15 seasons combined.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 30 July 2024
At this point there are better odds South Florida’s major league baseball team holds a fire sale before the trade deadline than get hot, putting together a string of games that flips the win-loss ledger.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 30 June 2024
But blockchain, the digital accounting ledger behind crypto networks, which follows precoded rules changeable only by popular vote, can wrest some control away from the world’s largest tech companies and return the internet to its egalitarian roots—or so Dixon contends.
—Joel Khalili, WIRED, 3 July 2024
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Daniel Depetris, Twin Cities, 1 Aug. 2024
The team had managed just two winning ledgers in the previous 15 seasons combined.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 30 July 2024
At this point there are better odds South Florida’s major league baseball team holds a fire sale before the trade deadline than get hot, putting together a string of games that flips the win-loss ledger.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 30 June 2024
But blockchain, the digital accounting ledger behind crypto networks, which follows precoded rules changeable only by popular vote, can wrest some control away from the world’s largest tech companies and return the internet to its egalitarian roots—or so Dixon contends.
—Joel Khalili, WIRED, 3 July 2024
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“Ledger.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ledger. Accessed 18 Aug. 2024.
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ledger
noun
led·ger
ˈlej-ər 
: a book in which accounts are kept in final form
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