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Ledger (A)

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A book “laid up” in the counting-house, and containing the debits and credits of the merchant or tradesman, arranged under “heads.” (Dutch legen, to lay; whence legger.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Leather
Leather or Prunella
Leathering
Leatherstocking (Natty)
Leave in the Lurch (To)
Leave out in the Cold (To)
Leave some for Manners
Leaves without Figs
Led Captain (A)
Leda and the Swan
Ledger (A)
Ledger-lines
Lee
Lee Hatch
Lee Shore
Lee-side
Lee Tide, or Leeward Tide
Leeds (a Stock Exchange term)
Leek
Lees
Leet (A)