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“Ledger” or “Leger”

ledger / leger are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

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Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

ledger l·EH·jh·er

  • nouna record in which commercial accounts are recorded.

leger l·EH·jh·er

  • nounFrench painter who was an early cubist (1881-1955).
Usage

Examples in context

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“ledger”

  • general ledger, assets register).
  • …remembers looking through the old ledger books of Uncle Buck and…
  • …the series, which starred Heath Ledger.
  • …field selection by the Star Ledger.
  • …World, Atlanta Age, Baltimore Afro-American Ledger, the Cincinnati Rostrum, the Charleston…
  • 25 October – Peter Ledger, illustrator (died 1994)
  • …shot deflected off Sean St Ledger.
  • …Exeter, whose large black marble ledger stone survives in Exeter Cathedral,…
  • …Jake Gyllenhaal, Joshua Jackson, Heath Ledger, David Boreanaz and Cillian Murphy…
  • …starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger, as it featured a homosexual

“leger”

  • …unavailable, a substitute "New St Leger" was run over one and…
  • …finished unplaced in the St Leger.
  • Sixties Icon – St. Leger (2006)
  • Septimus – Irish St. Leger (2008)
  • Gasworks (VRC St Leger Stakes, Australian Cup)
  • …Dream in the Irish St Leger final.
  • St. Leger Stakes – Cantelo
  • Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Diegal Leger moved to Montreal in 1982.
  • …of Munster, Sir Warham St Leger, estimates that 30,000 people died…
  • Angler (VRC St Leger Stakes, Victoria Derby; sire),

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