Synonyms:
ledger, leger, account_book, book_of_account, book
Meaning: a record in which commercial accounts are recorded; "they got a subpoena to examine our books"
Synonyms:
daybook, ledger
Meaning: an accounting journal as a physical object; "he bought a new daybook"
Usage examples
Mr. Wootten turned up his ledger.
From ledger to ledger they hurry me, to stifle my regret.
James Thomas, Jr., a tobacco merchant, in Richmond, had Joe down in his ledger as a marketable piece of property, or a handy machine to save labor, and make money.
"How is this money invested?" asked Henry Dunbar, pointing to the page. His fingers trembled a little as he did so, and he dropped his hand suddenly upon the ledger.
But sometimes a young fellow would look up from his ledger, or out through the grating of his father's bank, and let his eyes follow Lena Lingard, as she passed the window with her slow, undulating walk, or Tiny Soderball, tripping by in her short skirt and striped stockings.