Definition of Book of account

1. Noun. A record in which commercial accounts are recorded. "They got a subpoena to examine our books"

Exact synonyms: Account Book, Book, Ledger, Leger
Generic synonyms: Record
Specialized synonyms: Cost Ledger, General Ledger, Subsidiary Ledger, Daybook, Journal
Member holonyms: Accounting, Accounting System, Method Of Accounting

Lexicographical Neighbors of Book Of Account

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book in
book industry
book it
book jacket
book keeping
book learning
book lore
book louse
book lover
book lung
book lungs
book matches
book muslin
book muslins
book of account (current term)
book of condolence
book of facts
book of instructions
book of knowledge
book of maps
book review
book scorpion
book scorpions
book seller
book shop
book shops
book signing
book signings
book smart

Literary usage of Book of account

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1826)
"In the same century, i the reign of Edward I. I understand, from a late publication (of his Book of -Account) that the price of a war horse iras not less ..."

2. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett (1817)
"No ; he referred me to Mr. Powell, saying he could do no more in it ; upon which we applied to Mr. Powell, and had the book of account then sent from lord ..."

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