a book or electronic document in which a bank, a business, etc. records the money it has paid and received 收支总账;分类账簿;分户账簿 to enter figures in the purchase/sales ledger 把金额录入购货/销售分类账
Word Originlate Middle English legger, ligger (denoting a large bible or breviary), probably from variants of lay (verb) and lie, influenced by Dutch legger and ligger. Current senses date from the 16th cent.