Meanings
plural account books
- accountingA 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
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna record in which commercial accounts are recorded
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Ancient Greek ἐφημερίς
- ἐφημερίς (ephēmerís)a book in which accounts are kept
Arabic دَفْتَر حِسَابَات
- دَفْتَر حِسَابَات (daftar ḥisābāt)a book in which accounts are kept
Chinese Mandarin 帳簿 /帐簿, 賬本 /账本
- 帳簿 /帐簿 (zhàngbù)a book in which accounts are kept
- 賬本 /账本 (zhàngběn)a book in which accounts are kept
- 簿籍 (bùjí)a book in which accounts are kept
- 賬冊 /账册 (zhàngcè)a book in which accounts are kept
- 冊歷 /册历 (cèlì)a book in which accounts are kept
Estonian arveraamat
- arveraamata book in which accounts are kept
Finnish tilikirja
- tilikirjaa book in which accounts are kept
French livre de comptes
- livre de comptesa book in which accounts are kept
German Rechnungsbuch, Geschäftsbuch
- Rechnungsbucha book in which accounts are kept
- Geschäftsbucha book in which accounts are kept
- Kontobucha book in which accounts are kept
- Handlungsbucha book in which accounts are kept
Hungarian számlakönyv
- számlakönyva book in which accounts are kept
Irish leabhar cuntais
- leabhar cuntaisa book in which accounts are kept
Italian libro contabile
- libro contabilea book in which accounts are kept
Japanese 帳簿, 台帳
- 帳簿 (chōbo)a book in which accounts are kept
- 台帳 (daichō)a book in which accounts are kept
Korean 장부, 대장
- 장부 (jangbu)a book in which accounts are kept
- 대장 (daejang)a book in which accounts are kept
Latin calendārium, ratiōnārium
- calendāriuma book in which accounts are kept
- ratiōnāriuma book in which accounts are kept
- codexa book in which accounts are kept
- caudexa book in which accounts are kept
Polish księga kontowa
- księga kontowaa book in which accounts are kept
Russian конто́рская кни́га, гроссбу́х
- конто́рская кни́га (kontórskaja kníga)a book in which accounts are kept
- гроссбу́х (grossbúx)a book in which accounts are kept
- бухга́лтерская кни́га (buxgálterskaja kníga)a book in which accounts are kept
- счётная кни́га (sčótnaja kníga)a book in which accounts are kept
Spanish libro contable
- libro contablea book in which accounts are kept
Swahili leja, kitabu cha akaunti
- lejaa book in which accounts are kept
- kitabu cha akauntia book in which accounts are kept
Tagalog libro de-kuwenta
- libro de-kuwentaa book in which accounts are kept
Ukrainian кни́га о́бліку, обліко́ва кни́га
- кни́га о́бліку (knýha óbliku)a book in which accounts are kept
- обліко́ва кни́га (oblikóva knýha)a book in which accounts are kept
- бухга́лтерська кни́га (buxháltersʹka knýha)a book in which accounts are kept
Cite this entry
account book. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/account%20book
“account book.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/account%20book. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “account book,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/account%20book.
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