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Accounting system
noun · 78% connection
a bookkeeper's chronological list of related debits and credits of a business; forms part of a ledger of accounts
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, pieces, timber, planks, forming.
Ashlering
noun · 78% connection
The short upright pieces between the floor beams and rafters in garrets. See Ashlar, 2.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, pieces, timber, planks, forming.
Bookkeeping
noun · 78% connection
The art of recording pecuniary or business transactions in a regular and systematic manner, so as to show their relation to each other…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, pieces, timber, planks, forming.
Carpentry
noun · 78% connection
An assemblage of pieces of timber connected by being framed together, as the pieces of a roof, floor, etc.; work done by a carpenter.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, pieces, timber, planks, forming.
Carry
verb · 78% connection
To transfer from one place (as a country, book, or column) to another; as, to carry the war from Greece into Asia; to carry an account…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, pieces, timber, planks, forming.
Curb
noun · 78% connection
An assemblage of three or more pieces of timber, or a metal member, forming a frame around an opening, and serving to maintain the int…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, pieces, timber, planks, forming.
Fid
noun · 78% connection
A square bar of wood or iron, used to support the topmast, being passed through a hole or mortise at its heel, and resting on the tres…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, pieces, timber, planks, forming.
Floor
verb · 78% connection
To cover with a floor; to furnish with a floor; as, to floor a house with pine boards.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, pieces, timber, planks, forming.
Gain
noun · 78% connection
A square or beveled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, pieces, timber, planks, forming.
Joist
noun · 78% connection
A piece of timber laid horizontally, or nearly so, to which the planks of the floor, or the laths or furring strips of a ceiling, are…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, pieces, timber, planks, forming.
Junk
noun · 78% connection
Pieces of old cable or old cordage, used for making gaskets, mats, swabs, etc., and when picked to pieces, forming oakum for filling t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, pieces, timber, planks, forming.
Keelson
noun · 78% connection
A piece of timber in a ship laid on the middle of the floor timbers over the keel, and binding the floor timbers to the keel; in iron…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, pieces, timber, planks, forming.
Leave
verb · 78% connection
To have remaining at death; hence, to bequeath; as, he left a large estate; he left a good name; he left a legacy to his niece.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, pieces, timber, planks, forming.
Left-hand
adjective · 78% connection
Situated on the left; nearer the left hand than the right; as, the left-hand side; the left-hand road.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, pieces, timber, planks, forming.
Leger
noun · 78% connection
A ledger.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, pieces, timber, planks, forming.
Ligger
adjective · 78% connection
See Ledger, 2.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, pieces, timber, planks, forming.
Lumber
noun · 78% connection
Timber sawed or split into the form of beams, joists, boards, planks, staves, hoops, etc.; esp., that which is smaller than heavy timb…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, pieces, timber, planks, forming.
Mast
noun · 78% connection
A pole, or long, strong, round piece of timber, or spar, set upright in a boat or vessel, to sustain the sails, yards, rigging, etc. A…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, pieces, timber, planks, forming.
