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ledger
What does ledger mean?
ledger (noun): a record in which commercial accounts are recorded.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use ledger in a sentence?
- The clerk made an entry in his ledger. (Tatoeba sentence #263802 by CM, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce ledger?
/ˈlɛdʒɚ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
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What does “ledger” mean?
a health facility where patients receive treatment
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a difficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with
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a record in which commercial accounts are recorded
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the event of something burning (often destructive)
Not quite: that's what fire means.
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