See Also: Ledger(finance)
Ledger(money)
ledger(dictionary)
Ledger(medicine)
ledger(dictionary)
ledger line(dictionary)
Subsidiary Ledger(money)
General Ledger(money)
Stock Ledger(money)
Ledger cash(finance)

Factory Orders (money) and Ledger (medicine)


Factory Orders (money)


Definition: Orders received by manufacturers during a specific time period.







Ledger (medicine)


ledger


1. A book in which a summary of accounts is laid up or preserved; the final book of record in business transactions, in which all debits and credits from the journal, etc, are placed under appropriate heads.

Alternative forms: leger.

2. A large flat stone, especially. One laid over a tomb. A horizontal piece of timber secured to the uprights and supporting floor timbers, a staircase, scaffolding, or the like. It differs from an intertie in being intended to carry weight.

Alternative forms: ligger] Ledger bait, fishing bait attached to a floating line fastened to the bank of a stream, pond, etc. . Ledger line.

<chemical> See Leger line, under 3d Leger, Ledger wall, the wall under a vein; the foot wall.

Origin: Akin to D. Legger layer, daybook (fr. Leggen to lay, liggen to lie), E. Ledge, lie. See Lie to be prostrate.

Source: Websters Dictionary