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Definitions for: Leger [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"
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Synonyms: account book, book, book of account, Fernand Leger, ledger
See Also: accounting, accounting system, cost ledger, daybook, general ledger, journal, method of accounting, painter, record, subsidiary ledger
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