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a book that a company uses to record information about the money it has paid and received
The accountant went over the company's ledgers at the end of the fiscal year.
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Recent Examples of ledger
The changes on both sides of the ledger were largely driven by an accounting update by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB).
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Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 30 Dec. 2024
Through the years: President Jimmy Carter Carter knew the personalities and pitfalls, the egos and secrets, the maps and ledgers.
—Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024
The fourth panel has only Hudson's trademark cursive writing, like lines in a ledger book, dedicating the quilt to the Native children who did not capitulate to the administrators and federal officials who carried out federal Indian boarding school policies.
—Adam Burke, NPR, 9 Dec. 2024
UConn needs to punch first in these high-profile matchups to get on the right side of the ledger.
—Sabreena Merchant, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
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Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 30 Dec. 2024
Through the years: President Jimmy Carter Carter knew the personalities and pitfalls, the egos and secrets, the maps and ledgers.
—Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024
The fourth panel has only Hudson's trademark cursive writing, like lines in a ledger book, dedicating the quilt to the Native children who did not capitulate to the administrators and federal officials who carried out federal Indian boarding school policies.
—Adam Burke, NPR, 9 Dec. 2024
UConn needs to punch first in these high-profile matchups to get on the right side of the ledger.
—Sabreena Merchant, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ledger
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How do the wildfires compare to California’s worst wildfires on record?Kendrick Marshall, Sacramento Bee, 11 Jan. 2025
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After seeing its third-wettest February on record last year, Los Angeles International Airport has reported only 0.03 inches of rain since the start of last summer.Dennis Mersereau, WIRED, 11 Jan. 2025
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The lobbyist on the account is Andrew King, former deputy chief of staff to Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.).Taylor Giorno, The Hill, 15 Jan. 2025
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That help comes in the form of casualty loss deductions, more generous rules on tapping into retirement accounts and delayed deadlines for tax filings and payments.Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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In a series of statements Friday, the Department of Homeland Security said the 18-month extension to TPS available to some 937,000 eligible immigrants is warranted based on adverse political, economic or environmental conditions in their home countries.Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2025
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The suspect will be charged with three counts of deadly conduct with a possibility for additional charges to follow, according to the police statement.Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Jan. 2025
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Its automatic document feeder (ADF) offers single-pass duplexing (two-sided scanning), a necessity for anyone who needs to scan, copy, or fax duplex pages.PCMAG, PCMAG, 18 Jan. 2025
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Chinese Hack: One of China’s intelligence agencies hacked the U.S. Treasury Department, gaining access to the workstations of government employees and unclassified documents, the Biden administration said.Meaghan Tobin, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
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“Ledger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ledger. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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