account book en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /əˈkaʊnt bʊk/
Meanings
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A book in which accounts are kept; ledger.
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.
1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 41”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| account books | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (41)
hy հաշվեմատյան (a book in which accounts are kept) · ru бухга́лтерская кни́га (a book in which accounts are kept) · hu számlakönyv (a book in which accounts are kept) · ga leabhar cuntais (a book in which accounts are kept) · uk обліко́ва кни́га (a book in which accounts are kept) · ko 대장 (a book in which accounts are kept) · grc ἐφημερίς (a book in which accounts are kept) · de Handlungsbuch (a book in which accounts are kept) · la ratiōnārium (a book in which accounts are kept) · sw leja (a book in which accounts are kept) · io kontolibro (a book in which accounts are kept) · uk кни́га о́бліку (a book in which accounts are kept) · ko 장부 (a book in which accounts are kept) · la caudex (a book in which accounts are kept) · cmn 帳簿 /帐簿 (a book in which accounts are kept) · ar دَفْتَر حِسَابَات (a book in which accounts are kept) · et arveraamat (a book in which accounts are kept) · tl libro de-kuwenta (a book in which accounts are kept) · nrf livre d'comptes (a book in which accounts are kept) · ru счётная кни́га (a book in which accounts are kept) · pl księga kontowa (a book in which accounts are kept) · ka დავთარი (a book in which accounts are kept) · ja 台帳 (a book in which accounts are kept) · ru гроссбу́х (a book in which accounts are kept) · de Kontobuch (a book in which accounts are kept) · sw kitabu cha akaunti (a book in which accounts are kept) · de Geschäftsbuch (a book in which accounts are kept) · cmn 賬本 /账本 (a book in which accounts are kept) · cmn 簿籍 (a book in which accounts are kept) · it libro contabile (a book in which accounts are kept) · ru конто́рская кни́га (a book in which accounts are kept) · cmn 賬冊 /账册 (a book in which accounts are kept) · fr livre de comptes (a book in which accounts are kept) · fi tilikirja (a book in which accounts are kept) · es libro contable (a book in which accounts are kept) · cmn 冊歷 /册历 (a book in which accounts are kept) · ja 帳簿 (a book in which accounts are kept) · la codex (a book in which accounts are kept) · la calendārium (a book in which accounts are kept) · uk бухга́лтерська кни́га (a book in which accounts are kept) · de Rechnungsbuch (a book in which accounts are kept)