daybook

[ dey-book ]

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.

daybook

/ ˈdeɪˌbʊk /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of daybook¹

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

Later that night, still in shock, she picked up her daybook and wrote: “My beloved died at 12:15.”

From Literature

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

From Washington Post

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

Citizens are required to obsessively journal, chronicle, and archive their lives in “daybooks.”

From The Verge