ledger book

collocation in English

meaningsofledgerandbook

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ledger
noun[C]
uk
/ˈledʒ.ər/us
/ˈledʒ.ɚ/
a book in which things are regularly recorded, especially business activities and money received ...
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book
noun
uk
/bʊk/us
/bʊk/
a written text that can be published in printed or ...
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(Definition ofledgerandbookfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofledger book

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Africans released from captured vessels were asked to supply information about themselves that was entered in large ledger books that became part of the official court record.
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The pages of theledgerbookwere divided into seven columns and each recaptive was assigned one line.
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Facing imminent capture, the southerners threw overboard aledgerbookwhich contained the details of their illicit activities.
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While in theledgerbookis recorded the most menial labourer's name to the highest surveyor's, never once is the architect mentioned.
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One of the more curious items in the collection is a handwrittenledgerbookin which records of loans and returns for the 1820s and the 1830s were maintained.
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We hear all about the values of accountancy and ledger books, and nothing about social and community values, continuity, and keeping faith with parents and children.
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Records were kept as pencil notations in ledger books or index cards.
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The result is that no control accounts are required and no transfers to other ledger books.
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In the ledger books he was keeping the famous novels and reading.
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They drew most of their art in pen in ledger books.
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