daybook

American  

[dey-book] / ˈdeɪˌbʊk /

noun

1. Bookkeeping. a book in which the transactions of the day are entered in the order of their occurrence.

2. a diary; journal.

3. datebook.

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daybook British  

/ ˈdeɪˌbʊk /

noun

1. accounting a book in which the transactions of each day are recorded as they occur

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Etymology

Origin of daybook

First recorded in 1570–80; day + book

Example Sentences

“Still No Word From You” looks at its author’s life through the lens of reading: memoir as daybook, as it were.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2022

Our daybook was packed with four dives with our German guide Martina.

From Washington Post • Mar. 21, 2019

Then-EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt was set to speak at the event, which was listed on his public schedule and described as being open to the press on a federal daybook of events.

From Washington Times • Feb. 26, 2019

But while Facetune and Instagram don’t add up to an artistic medium, they can serve as something like a sketchpad or daybook.

From New York Times • Aug. 6, 2017

I took my daybook out of my knapsack and found the next blank page, the second to last.

From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer