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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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