Obsolete spelling of lead (“to guide”)

A book for keeping notes; a record book, a register. / A book or other scheme for keeping accounting records.

(transitive) To record (something) in, or as if in, a ledger. / (transitive, fishing) To use (a certain type of bait) in bottom fishing. / (intransitive, fishing) To engage in bottom fishing.

A pair of knee-breeches made of leather, typical of Bavaria.

Misspelling of legerdemain.

plural of ledger

(accounting) A ledger of sales. More correctly referred to as accounts receivable.

plural of lede

(idiomatic, US, journalism) To begin a story with details of secondary importance to the reader while postponing more essential points or facts.

(accounting, business) A general ledger / (accounting, business) A ledger that is not a personal ledger or a real ledger, for example, a revenue or expense ledger.