Quick word lookup

The market ledger

Use it in a sentence

Type the missing word in each sentence. The sentences use the same eight words as the crossword.

Sentence 1 Jo replaced the phrase "a big crowd" with a ____ report giving the exact number of tickets sold. (12 letters)

Next hint: synonyms

Synonyms and close equivalents numerical, measurable, number-based

Sentence 2 Two bakers made the same loaves in half the time, so their ____ rose. (12 letters)

Next hint: synonyms

Synonyms and close equivalents output rate, efficiency, productive capacity

Sentence 3 We had to ____ the sales from six stalls before we could report what the market earned. (9 letters)

Next hint: synonyms

Synonyms and close equivalents combine, sum, total

Sentence 4 Selling the unused cart increased the stall's ____ just in time to pay the rent. (9 letters)

Next hint: synonyms

Synonyms and close equivalents cash availability, ready access to funds, convertibility into cash

Sentence 5 The bookkeeper drew a ____ between cash in the till and money still owed. (11 letters)

Next hint: synonyms

Synonyms and close equivalents difference, contrast, dividing line

Sentence 6 By matching every receipt to a stall, her ____ audit recovered the missing dollar. (11 letters)

Next hint: synonyms

Synonyms and close equivalents meticulous, thorough, careful

Sentence 7 With counts from only two Saturdays, Lee hesitated to ____ an annual total. (11 letters)

Next hint: synonyms

Synonyms and close equivalents project, infer, estimate beyond the sample

Sentence 8 Dividing every crate equally changed the ____ of oranges among the stalls. (12 letters)

Next hint: synonyms

Synonyms and close equivalents allocation, apportionment, division