1. a book or computer file where financial accounts and transactions are recorded
Usage: accounting; business
2. a flat stone slab placed horizontally over a grave
Usage: also called ledger stone

Examples

• The accountant updated the company’s ledger with the day’s sales.
• She balanced the ledger at the end of each month.
• All expenses must be recorded in the general ledger.
• The bookkeeper found an error in the accounts receivable ledger.
• The old cemetery had many weathered ledgers marking the graves.
• His name was carved into the marble ledger above his burial site.