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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Then came the request to add Gibson to the ledger, along with a letter from his lawyer arguing for his gun rights to be reinstated as a result of his special appointment and success in the film industry.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 10 Mar. 2025
Instead, these currencies come with their own electronic ledger system, which is validated every time a user makes a transaction.
—Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Mar. 2025
Part of the reason that Towns is on the winning side of the ledger so convincingly in head-to-heads against Butler’s teams is that Butler is the one who often has not been present for the games.
—Jon Krawczynski, The Athletic, 8 Mar. 2025
This war ledger helps evaluate where to attack and where to defend.
—Benjamin Jensen, The Conversation, 7 Mar. 2025
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Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 10 Mar. 2025
Instead, these currencies come with their own electronic ledger system, which is validated every time a user makes a transaction.
—Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Mar. 2025
Part of the reason that Towns is on the winning side of the ledger so convincingly in head-to-heads against Butler’s teams is that Butler is the one who often has not been present for the games.
—Jon Krawczynski, The Athletic, 8 Mar. 2025
This war ledger helps evaluate where to attack and where to defend.
—Benjamin Jensen, The Conversation, 7 Mar. 2025
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“Ledger.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ledger. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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ledger
noun
led·ger
ˈlej-ər 
: a book in which accounts are kept in final form
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