Meaning of LEGER
| Pronunciation: | | 'lejur, ley'zhey
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- [n] French painter who was an early cubist (1881-1955)
- [n] a record in which commercial accounts are recorded; "they got a subpoena to examine our books"
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| | Synonyms: | | account book, book, book of account, Fernand Leger, ledger |
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| | See Also: | | accounting, accounting system, cost ledger, daybook, general ledger, journal, method of accounting, painter, record, subsidiary ledger | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Leg"er\ (l[e^]j"[~e]r), n. [See {Ledger}.]
1. Anything that lies in a place; that which, or one who,
remains in a place. [Obs.]
2. A minister or ambassador resident at a court or seat of
government. [Written also {lieger}, {leiger}.] [Obs.]
Sir Edward Carne, the queen's leger at Rome.
--Fuller.
3. A ledger.
\Leg"er\, a.
Lying or remaining in a place; hence, resident; as, leger
ambassador.
\Leg"er\, a. [F. l['e]ger, fr. LL. (assumed) leviarius,
fr. L. levis light in weight. See {Levity}.]
Light; slender; slim; trivial. [Obs. except in special
phrases.] --Bacon.
{Leger line} (Mus.), a line added above or below the staff to
extend its compass; -- called also {added line}.
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