ledger vs tally

ledger

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

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

  • To engage in bottom fishing. 

noun
  • 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 book or other scheme for keeping accounting records. 

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

tally

verb
  • To record something by making marks. 

  • To count something. 

  • To make things correspond or agree with each other. 

  • To mathematically calculate a numeric result. 

  • To keep score. 

  • To correspond or agree. 

  • To check off, as parcels of freight going inboard or outboard. 

intj
  • Target sighted. 

noun
  • A ribbon on a sailor's cap bearing the name of the ship or the (part of) the navy to which they belong. 

  • A tally shop. 

  • A notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally; as, to make or earn a score or tally in a game. 

  • One thing made to suit another; a match; a mate. 

  • Any account or score kept by notches or marks, whether on wood or paper, or in a book, especially one kept in duplicate. 

  • One of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts were kept. 

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