Definition of "ledger" in English

noun

1. A book for keeping notes; a record book, a register.

2. A book or other scheme for keeping accounting records.

3. (accounting) A collection of accounting entries consisting of credits and debits.

4. A large, flat stone, especially one laid over a tomb.

5. (construction) A board attached to a wall to provide support for attaching other structural elements (such as deck joists or roof rafters) to a building.

6. (fishing) Ellipsis of ledger bait (“fishing bait attached to a floating line fastened to the bank of a pond, stream, etc.”) or ledger line (“fishing line used with ledger bait for bottom fishing; ligger”).

verb

1. (transitive) To record (something) in, or as if in, a ledger.

2. (transitive, fishing) To use (a certain type of bait) in bottom fishing.

3. (intransitive, fishing) To engage in bottom fishing.