account book

English

Noun

account book (plural account books)

(accounting) A book in which accounts are kept; ledger.
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 41
  When a woman loves you she's not satisfied until she possesses your soul. [...] The soul of man wanders through the uttermost regions of the universe, and she seeks to imprison it in the circle of her account-book.

Translations

a book in which accounts are kept

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 帳簿 (zh), 帐簿 (zh) (zhàngbù), 賬本 (zh), 账本 (zh) (zhàngběn), 簿籍 (zh) (bùjí), 賬冊 (zh), 账册 (zh) (zhàngcè), 冊歷 (zh), 册历 (zh) (cèlì)
Finnish: tilikirja (fi)
French: livre de comptes m
Georgian: დავთარი (davtari)
German: Rechnungsbuch n, Geschäftsbuch n, Kontobuch n
Ido: kontolibro (io)

Irish: leabhar cuntais m
Italian: libro contabile (it) m
Japanese: 帳簿 (ja) (ちょうぼ, chōbo), 台帳 (だいちょう, daichō)
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Latin: codex, caudex
Norman: livre d'comptes m
Russian: конто́рская кни́га (ru) f (kontórskaja kníga), гроссбу́х (ru) m (grossbúx), бухга́лтерская кни́га f (buxgálterskaja kníga), счётная кни́га f (sčótnaja kníga)
Spanish: libro contable m

Further reading

account book at OneLook Dictionary Search
account book in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

book account

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