LEDGER

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Definitions

in accounting, the book of final entry, where the chronological record of a business' transactions previously entered in a journal or daybook (book of original entry) are now posted under specific accounts. These accounts are usually in alphabetical order in the ledger and of four main categories: income, expenditures, assets and liabilities.