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# ledger

noun (a ledger, ledgers)

«ledger» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A ledger is a book or computer file where a business writes down money coming in and money going out. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/ledger/#m1)
2. A ledger is any written record of things, like a list kept over time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/ledger/#m2)

### In the lessons

In money lessons a ledger shows how a balance changes: add money in, subtract money out. In stories old shops and banks keep ledgers. Phrases: «keep a ledger», «on the ledger».

### Examples

- The shopkeeper wrote every sale in the ledger. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/ledger/#x1)
- Our class kept a ledger for the bake sale money. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/ledger/#x2)
- Money in: 40 pounds, money out: 15 pounds — what does the ledger show left? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/ledger/#x3)
- The old ledger was full of neat handwriting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/ledger/#x4)
- Banks now keep ledgers on computers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/ledger/#x5)
- Check the ledger to see who paid. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/ledger/#x6)

### Note

Countable. Pronounced LEJ-er. Maths: balance = money in − money out. Related word: accounts.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «ledger» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/ledger/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ledger» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ledger.html) on Mova free.