accountancy vs ledger

accountancy

noun
  • The function of compiling and providing financial information primarily by reports referred to as financial statements, including bookkeeping, systems design, analysis and interpretation of accounting information. 

  • A company or organisation that performs such a function. 

ledger

noun
  • A book or other scheme for keeping accounting records. 

  • A large, flat stone, especially one laid over a tomb. 

  • A book for keeping notes; a record book, a register. 

  • A distributed ledger, a public financial transaction database, typically using a blockchain. 

  • A board attached to a wall to provide support for attaching other structural elements (such as deck joists or roof rafters) to a building. 

  • A collection of accounting entries consisting of credits and debits. 

verb
  • To use (a certain type of bait) in bottom fishing. 

  • To engage in bottom fishing. 

  • To record (something) in, or as if in, a ledger. 

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