DAYBOOK

daybook, ledger

(noun) an accounting journal as a physical object; “he bought a new daybook”

daybook, journal

(noun) a ledger in which transactions have been recorded as they occurred

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

daybook (plural daybooks)

A daily chronicle; a diary.

(bookkeeping) A ledger; an accounting journal.

(nautical) A logbook.

Synonyms

• (daily chronicle): diary, journal

Source: Wiktionary


Day"book, n.

Definition: A journal of accounts; a primary record book in which are recorded the debts and credits, or accounts of the day, in their order, and from which they are transferred to the journal.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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