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Ledger vs Leger - What's the difference?

ledger | leger |

As nouns the difference between ledger and leger

is that ledger is a book for keeping notes, especially one for keeping accounting records while leger is anything that lies in a place; that which, or one who, remains in a place.

As an adjective leger is

light; slender; slim; trivial.

As a verb leger is

{{cx|UK|angling|lang=en}} To engage in bottom fishing.

ledger

English

(wikipedia ledger)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A book for keeping notes, especially one for keeping accounting records.
  • (accounting) A collection of accounting entries consisting of credits and debits.
  • (construction) A board attached to a wall to provide support for attaching other structural elements (such as deck joists or roof rafters) to the building.
  • A large flat stone, especially one laid over a tomb.

    • Derived terms

    * ledger bait * ledger board * (l) * ledger wall

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    See also

    * (wikipedia "ledger") *

    leger

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) light; slender; slim; trivial
    • (Francis Bacon)
  • Lying or remaining in a place; hence, resident.
    • leger ambassador

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Anything that lies in a place; that which, or one who, remains in a place.
  • A minister or ambassador resident at a court or seat of government; also lieger, leiger.
  • * Fuller
    • Sir Edward Carne, the queen's leger at Rome
  • A ledger.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To engage in bottom fishing.
    • (Webster 1913) ----