nightledger
/ˈnaɪtˌlɛdʒə/nounVerified NewAlso in: Nachtbuchung (Deutsch) · nochelibro (Español) · nuitregistre (Français)
The tally of the night's wakings, kept by the body, audited by the mood.
The nightledger is the accounting the sleepless do without a pen: two wakings before one, three after, the long one at four-thirty. The balance is carried into the day as tiredness, and the ledger is never closed — it is simply carried forward to the next night.
Etym. — night + ledger — the accounting metaphor for the night's tally; a ledger is exactly a record of transactions carried forward.
Rel. — wakequota · insomnigraph
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