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daybook

day·book

UK/ˈdeɪˌbʊk/ uncommon

noun

1.

a ledger in which transactions have been recorded as they occurred

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2.

an accounting journal as a physical object

  • “he bought a new daybook”
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Origin

From day + book. First attested in 1571. Cognate with Dutch dagboek (“diary, journal, logbook”), German Tagebuch (“diary, journal, daybook”), Danish dagbog (“diary”), Swedish dagbok (“diary, logbook, journal, daybook”).

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