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passbook
[ pas-book, pahs- ]
noun
- a bankbook.
- (formerly) a small book or ledger for each customer in which a merchant keeps a record of goods sold on credit and the amounts owed and paid.
- South African. reference book ( def 2 ).
passbook
/ ˈpɑːsˌbʊk /
noun
- a book for keeping a record of withdrawals from and payments into a building society
- See bankbookanother name for bankbook
- a customer's book in which is recorded by a trader a list of credit sales to that customer
- (formerly in South Africa) an official document serving to identify the bearer, his race, his residence, and his employment
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I went into the house to get our bank passbook, for there was need to find out where we stood financially.
He liked a pleasant object for a walk, so at least once a week he made a point of fetching his passbook from the bank.
Grenier obtained his passbook and check book, after writing a check on London before the other man's eyes.
The endowment policy, the bank passbook, the certificate of the possession of scrip.
He was working out in his mind how handsomely this first payment would show up on the welcome side of his passbook.
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