bankbook

English

Alternative forms

bank-book

Etymology

From bank +‎ book.

Pronunciation

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Noun

bankbook (plural bankbooks)

passbook, chequebook
(idiomatic) wealth
- 1975, Bob Dylan, Tangled Up in Blue
  Her folks, they said, our lives together
  
  Sure was gonna be rough
  
  They never did like Mama's homemade dress
  
  Papa's bankbook wasn't big enough.

Translations

booklet used to record bank transactions

Chinese:
Mandarin: 存摺 (zh) (cúnzhé)
Finnish: vastakirja (fi), säästökirja (fi)
French: richesse (fr) f, opulence (fr) f
Japanese: 通帳 (つうちょう, tsūchō)

Korean: 통장 (ko) (tongjang)
Portuguese: caderneta (pt) f, livrete m
Russian: сберега́тельная кни́жка f (sberegátelʹnaja knížka)
Tok Pisin: pasbuk

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