account book
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of account book
First recorded in 1690–1700
Example Sentences
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Another dimension of Abbe, scholars say, is encoded in a light-brown leather account book.
If you read Madison’s correspondence during this same time, you get the strong impression that the problem went much deeper than any shuffling of account books could ever satisfy.
From Literature
It’ll be like Amelie, but if instead of freeing garden gnomes from people’s yards, we liberated them from pesky taxes, and if instead of gnomes, those were the account books of private equity firms!
From Washington Post
But BTS’s impact is not limited to its management company’s account books.
From New York Times
She regularly went door to door with an account book and a tin box, inviting them to entrust her with their nickels, dimes and quarters.
From Washington Post
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