cashbook

[ kash-book ]

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of cashbook¹

First recorded in 1615–25; cash ¹ + book

Example Sentences

The 64-year-old Kelly is accused of improperly using public funds to buy meals and personal apparel, selling county property to a scrapyard, stealing copper wire from a county garage and failing to keep a cashbook tracking money he received in an official capacity, among other allegations.

From Washington Times

Six tricks taken by one side, in the game of whist; in certain other games, two or more corresponding cards, forming a set. µ Book is used adjectively or as a part of many compounds; as, book buyer, bookrack, book club, book lore, book sale, book trade, memorandum book, cashbook.

From Project Gutenberg

The books commonly ? are a daybook, cashbook, journal, and ledger.

From Project Gutenberg

Opening one, which was composite in its character—having been used indifferently as day-book, cashbook, and ledger—he headed a fresh page with the words “Memorandum of Transactions by Enoch Blurt,” and made the following entry:— “A woman—I should have said an idiot—came in and left a pheasant, minus an eye, to be repaired and called for next week.”

From Project Gutenberg

Just what they were can best be inferred by consulting his cashbook, since the lectures themselves were not written out and all memoranda concerning them have disappeared.

From Project Gutenberg