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[Ledger]
** English
[2019]
*** Etymology
{{multiple images |direction = vertical |image1 = Hauptbuch Hochstetter vor
1828.jpg |caption1 = A 19th-century general ledger _(sense 2)_ of the
Hochstetter General Store[group=n] |image2 = Slate tomb-slab, St Wulframs
churchyard (1)- Levi Preston (geograph 4731136).jpg |caption2 = A ledger
_(sense 4)_ on a tomb in the churchyard of 吴语: St Wulfram's Church, Grantham,
Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, UK }}
[en] From [en], [enm], [enm], from [enm], [enm],[1] variants of [enm], from
[en],[2] ultimately from [en]. The word is cognate with [nl] (from [nl],
[nl]),[3] and is related to [en], [en].
The verb is derived from the noun.[4]
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. A book for keeping notes ; a record book , a register .
2. * [en]
3. * [en]
4. * [en]
5. * [en]
6. * [en]
7. A book or other scheme for keeping accounting records .
8. * [en]
9. * [en]
10. * [en]
11. * [en]
12. * [en]
13. * [en]
14. * [en]
15. * [en]
16. * [en]
1. [en] A distributed ledger , a public financial transaction database, typically using a blockchain .
2. * [en]
17. [en] A collection of accounting entries consisting of credits and debits .
18. * [en]
19. * [chapter=Mr. Brougham-Sir F. Burdett]
20. A large , flat stone , especially one laid over a tomb .
21. * [en]
22. * [en]
23. [en] A board attach ed to a wall to provide support for attaching other structural element s (such as deck joist s or roof rafter s) to a building .
24. * [en]
25. * [en]
26. [en] [en] .
27. * [en]
28. * [en]
**** Alternative forms
- [en] , [en] [obsolete]
- [en] [obsolete]
**** Hyponyms
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
**** Derived terms
{{col|en|hyperledger |general ledger |ledger art |ledger bait |ledger board
|ledger drawing |ledger line |ledger wall |personal ledger |real ledger
|subledger |ledger paper }}
**** Translations
[book for keeping notes]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- German: [de]
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota] , [ota]
- Polish: [pl]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv]
[trans-bottom]
[book or other scheme for keeping accounting records]
- Finnish: [fi] [general] ; [fi] [principal book of records]
- Indonesian: [id]
- Malay: [ms]
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota] , [ota]
- Polish: [pl]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
[trans-bottom]
[cryptocurrencies: public transaction database]
[collection of accounting entries]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Cebuano: [ceb]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da] , [da] , [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hindi: [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Interlingua: [ia]
- Irish: [ga] , [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Maori: [mi]
- Norwegian: [no]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Romanian: [ro] , [ro]
- Russian: [ru]
- Serbo-Croatian: [sh]
- Slovak: [sk] , [sk]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es]
- Swahili: [sw]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv]
- Tagalog: [tl]
- Telugu: [te]
- Turkish: [tr] , [tr]
- Welsh: [cy]
[trans-bottom]
[large, flat stone, especially one laid over a tomb]
- Czech: [cs]
- Finnish: [fi]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de]
- Italian: [it]
[trans-bottom]
[construction: board attached to a wall to provide support]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr] [rare]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de]
- Italian: [it]
- Swedish: [sv]
[trans-bottom]
[fishing: bait attached to a floating line]
[checktrans-top]
- Czech: [cs] < !-- Was under "book for keeping notes" but looks that it may rather be "book for keeping accounting records"-->
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl] < !-- Was under "book for keeping notes" but looks that it may rather be "book for keeping accounting records"-->
- French: [fr] < !-- Was under "book for keeping notes" but looks that it may rather be "book for keeping accounting records"-->
- Georgian: [ka] < !-- Was under "book for keeping notes" but looks that it may rather be "book for keeping accounting records"-->
- German: [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] < !-- Was under "book for keeping notes" but looks that it may rather be "book for keeping accounting records"-->
- Greek: [el] , [el] , [el] < !-- Was under "book for keeping notes" but looks that it may rather be "book for keeping accounting records"-->
- Gujarati: [gu] < !-- Was under "book for keeping notes" but looks that it may rather be "book for keeping accounting records"-->
- Hindi: [hi] , [hi] < !-- Was under "book for keeping notes" but looks that it may rather be "book for keeping accounting records"-->
- Hungarian: [hu] < !-- Was under "book for keeping notes" but looks that it may rather be "book for keeping accounting records"-->
- Icelandic: [is] < !-- Was under "book for keeping notes" but looks that it may rather be "book for keeping accounting records"-->
- Irish: [ga] < !-- Was under "book for keeping notes" but looks that it may rather be "book for keeping accounting records"-->
- Italian: [it] , [it] , [it] , [it] , [it] < !-- Was under "book for keeping notes" but looks that it may rather be "book for keeping accounting records"-->
- Japanese: [ja] < !-- Was under "book for keeping notes" but looks that it may rather be "book for keeping accounting records"-->
- Latin: [la] , [la] < !-- Was under "book for keeping notes" but looks that it may rather be "book for keeping accounting records"-->
- Portuguese: [pt] < !-- Was under "book for keeping notes" but looks that it may rather be "book for keeping accounting records"-->
- Romanian: [ro] < !-- Was under "book for keeping notes" but looks that it may rather be "book for keeping accounting records"-->
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] < !-- Was under "book for keeping notes" but looks that it may rather be "book for keeping accounting records"-->
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd] < !-- Was under "book for keeping notes" but looks that it may rather be "book for keeping accounting records"-->
- Spanish: [es] < !-- Was under "book for keeping notes" but looks that it may rather be "book for keeping accounting records"-->
- Swahili: [sw] < !-- Was under "book for keeping notes" but looks that it may rather be "book for keeping accounting records"-->
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv] , [sv] , [sv] , [sv] , [sv] , [sv] < !-- Was under "book for keeping notes" but looks that it may rather be "book for keeping accounting records"-->
- Turkish: [tr] , [tr] < !-- Was under "book for keeping notes" but looks that it may rather be "book for keeping accounting records"-->
- Welsh: [cy] < !-- Was under "book for keeping notes" but looks that it may rather be "book for keeping accounting records"-->
[trans-bottom]
*** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To record (something) in, or as if in, a ledger .
2. * [en]
3. * [en]
4. * [en]
5. * [en]
6. * [en]
7. [en] To use (a certain type of bait ) in bottom fishing .
8. * [en]
9. * [en]
10. [en] To engage in bottom fishing.
11. * [en]
12. * [en]
13. * [en]
**** Alternative forms
- [en]
**** Translations
[to record (something) in, or as if in, a ledger]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de] , [de]
[trans-bottom]
[to engage in bottom fishing]
- Finnish: [fi]
[trans-bottom]
*** See also
- book of original entry
*** Notes
[group=n]
*** References
References:
[1]. [entry=liǧǧer]
[2]. [entry=līen]
[3]. [pos=n. _and _ adj]
[4]. [pos=v]
*** Further reading
- [pedia]
- [ledger stone]
- [Ledger]
*** Anagrams
- [en]