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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
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
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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