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ledger

Summary

ledger ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,053 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • ledger is a type of accounting register[2].
  • ledger is a type of financial record[3].
  • ledger is used for bookkeeping[4].
  • ledger's Commons category is recorded as Ledgers[5].
  • ledger's Unicode character is recorded as 📒[6].
  • ledger's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[7].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include accounting register[2] and financial record[3].

Use and Application

ledger is used for bookkeeping[4].

Why It Matters

ledger ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,053 views/month).[1] ledger has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] ledger is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

Related Entities

bookkeeping

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → accounting register, financial record
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    Described by source → Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 23923, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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