A book in which a summary of accounts is laid up or preserved; the final book of record in business transactions, in which all debits and credits from the journal, etc., are placed under appropriate heads. (Written also leger)
2.
(Arch.)
(a)
A large flat stone, esp. one laid over a tomb.
(b)
A horizontal piece of timber secured to the uprights and supporting floor timbers, a staircase, scaffolding, or the like. It differs from an intertie in being intended to carry weight. (Written also ligger)
Ledger bait, fishing bait attached to a floating line fastened to the bank of a stream, pond, etc.
Ledger blade,a stationary shearing blade in a machine for shearing the nap of cloth.
