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Account book   /əkˈaʊnt bʊk/   Listen
Account book

noun
1.
A record in which commercial accounts are recorded.  Synonyms: book, book of account, ledger, leger.






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"Account book" Quotes from Famous Books



... dishes from the basket. But she noticed that in spite of this jocular simulation his grasp was firm and delicate, and that there was no clatter—which would have affected her sensitive ear—as he put them down. She laid a pencil and account book beside him ...
— A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's and Other Stories • Bret Harte

... a financial diary and account book from January 1st 1791, to December 28th, 1803, embracing the last three years of his service as Secretary of State under Washington, the four years of his Vice-Presidency under John Adams, and the first three years following his own election to ...
— Thomas Jefferson • Edward S. Ellis et. al.

... which was a true hearald of departing hours. He was careful in the little affairs of life as well as in the great matters. He kept record of all his business transactions, literary and domestic. The following extracts from his Account Book exhibit ...
— History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 - Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens • George W. Williams

... woman had entered his existence. But in what a manner! Light relations with actresses, which merely occupied his senses and left no trace in his life except some considerable sums in the account book which his faithful family steward kept with great accuracy; fleeting flirtations with society ladies, which soon became intolerable because he merely found incomparably greater demands, but otherwise nothing more than with his actresses, toward whom he need use no ceremony. This was all. A great, ...
— How Women Love - (Soul Analysis) • Max Simon Nordau

... domestic-account book," answered Field, taking it up and turning the leaves. "One hundred and seventy-five dollars a month were the ...
— Vandover and the Brute • Frank Norris

... is no wonder that the journey home was very difficult. Quarrels arose at the start (see Nestor's account Book III., and that of Menelaus Book IV.). Many perished on the way; some were lost in a storm at sea, Agamemnon was slain on the ...
— Homer's Odyssey - A Commentary • Denton J. Snider

... in the hall, and, meeting Mrs. Condiment at the study door, ordered her to bring in her account book directly, for that he would not be imposed upon any longer, but meant to drive all the lazy, idle, dishonest eye-servants and time-servers ...
— Hidden Hand • Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth

... abruptly, turning over the leaves of her account book; irritated by this contradictory sense of being obliged to feel she had done an injury when she knew she really had not. So at last Laura thought she had a headache or something, and soon went on ...
— The Privet Hedge • J. E. Buckrose

... accompts|!; commercial arithmetic, monetary arithmetic; statistics &c. (numeration) 85; money matters, finance, budget, bill, score, reckoning, account. books, account book, ledger; day book, cash book, pass book; journal; debtor and creditor account, cash account, running account; account current; balance, balance sheet; compte rendu[Fr], account settled, acquit, assets, ...
— Roget's Thesaurus



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