annals vs ledger

annals

noun
  • Historical records; chronicles; history. 

  • A relation of events in chronological order, each event being recorded under the year in which it happened. 

  • A periodic publication, containing records of discoveries, transactions of societies, etc. 

ledger

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

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

  • 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 book or other scheme for keeping accounting records. 

  • 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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