ledger: [15] Etymologically, a ledger is a book that ‘lies’ in one place. The term was used in 15th- and 16th-century English with various specific applications, including a ‘large copy of the Breviary’ (the Roman Catholic service book), and a ‘large register or record-book’ – both big volumes that would not have been moved around much – but it finally settled on the ‘main book in the set of books used for keeping accounts’. It probably comes from Dutch legger or ligger, agent nouns derived respectively from leggen ‘lay’ and liggen ‘lie’ (relatives of English lay and lie). => lay, lie
ledger (n.)
"account book," c. 1400, from leggen "to place, lay" (see lay (v.)). Originally a book that lies permanently in a place (especially a large copy of a breviary in a church). Sense of "book of accounts" is first attested 1580s, short for ledger-book (1550s).
实用例句
1. The young man bowed his head and bent over his ledger again.
那个年轻人点头应诺,然后又埋头写起分类帐.
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2. The ledger account is basis set the general ledger.
总分类账户是指根据总分类科目设置的.
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3. General ledger books: those established to record all controlling accounts.
一总分类帐簿: 为记载各统驭科目而设者.
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4. A record of financial transactions kept in a ledger.
在分类帐中保存的财务来往记录.
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5. C 1 : Will I be doing any posting of this ledger?
