account book

Frequency: 6.04.5 per million words

a book for recording financial transactions (usually plural 'account books')

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  • The shopkeeper diligently updates his account book every evening.
  • The auditor spent all week examining the company's account books.
  • We will need to purchase new account books for the upcoming fiscal year.
  • For generations, my family has kept these old leather-bound account books.
  • You must record every transaction in the account book to ensure accuracy.
  • Before computers, all financial records were meticulously kept in physical account books.
  • A discrepancy was found when comparing the receipts with the account book.
  • The small business owner learned how to balance her own account books.
  • The police seized the firm's account books as part of the fraud investigation.
  • Each department is required to submit its account books for a quarterly review.