cashbook

[ kash-book ]

noun
  1. a book in which to record money received and paid out.

Origin of cashbook

1
First recorded in 1615–25; cash1 + book

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How to use cashbook in a sentence

  • At last, after many difficulties, her cash-book of 1863 was honorably pigeon-holed.

  • At last she shut up the unconsidered cash-book, lighted another gas-jet, and striding to the door, rapped sharply on the glass.

    The Market-Place | Harold Frederic
  • He kept a cash-book; gave credit occasionally, but received none.

    The Negro at Work in New York City | George Edmund Haynes
  • "I keep the cash book myself," added he, in a manner which indicated that I was not to meddle with it.

    Desk and Debit | Oliver Optic
  • It was some time before he could reach his friend, but finally he got him to himself as he was poring over a big cash-book.

British Dictionary definitions for cash-book

cash-book

noun
  1. accounting a journal in which all cash or cheque receipts and disbursements are recorded

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