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Definition: Account Book |
Account BookNoun1. A record in which commercial accounts are recorded; "they got a subpoena to examine our books". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Account BookSynonyms: book (n), book of account (n), ledger (n), leger (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Accounts | 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, account settled, acquit, assets, expenditure, liabilities, outstanding accounts; profit and loss account, profit and loss statement, receipts. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Account Book |
| English words defined with "account book": carry ♦ post. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
![]() | Farm Security Administration home supervisor examining account book of rehabilitation clients. Otoe County, Nebraska. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | County supervisor helping rehabilitation family with account book. Dawson County, Nebraska. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Home supervisor and county supervisor helping wife of FSA (Farm Security Administration) borrower with account book. Labette County, Kansas. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | FSA (Farm Security Administration) rehabilitation borrower working on farm account book. Jackson County, Wisconsin. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
account book | 11 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "account book"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | register (record, register). (various references) | |
Arabic | دفتر الحسابات (ledger). (various references) | |
Dutch | rol (character, cylinder, drum, list, part, record, register, role, roll, roller), register (index, record, register), huishoudboek. (various references) | |
Faeroese | yvirlit (index, magazine, periodical, record, register, revue, table, tablet, tabulation), skrá (index, record, register, table, tablet, tabulation), listi (record, register). (various references) | |
German | geschäftsbuch (register). (various references) | |
Greek | τεφτέρι (notebook). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 帳簿 (register). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | けいさ"ぼ, ちょうぼ (enlistment, recruitment, register), ちょうめ" (note book), いふくちょう, いちょう (colon, ledger, register). (various references) | |
Manx | lioar choontys (journal). (various references) | |
Papiamen | regester (record, register). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | accountay ookbay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | registro (adjustment fire, book, cartulary, enrollment, enrolment, entry, filing, gate, inventory, ledger, list, meter, record, recording, register, registration, registry, regulator, roster, stocktaking), livro de contabilidade. (various references) | |
Romanian | registru de conturi. (various references) | |
Spanish | registro (book, bookmark, county, exam, inspection, marker, record, recording, register, registration, registry, search, searching, stop), libro de cuentas. (various references) | |
Swedish | register (calendar, cartulary, enrollment, enrolment, index, range, record, register, register office, registry, repertory, roll, schedule, table). (various references) | |
Turkish | hesap cüzdanı (bank book, passbook). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | calendarium, matrix. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-c-k-n-o-o-o-t-u" | |
-3 letters: cockatoo, cockboat, cocoanut. | |
-4 letters: account, backout, coconut, cookout, cutback, cutbank, outback, outcook, tobacco. | |
-5 letters: bouton, cobnut, cocoon, cuckoo, toucan, uncock, untack. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Translations: Ancient | 9. Anagrams 10. Bibliography |
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