English Explanatory Dictionary

daybook

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A daily chronicle; a diary.
  2. An accounting journal.
  3. A logbook.

Pronunciation

/ˈdeɪˌbʊk/

Word forms

daybook daybooks day book

Etymology

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”).

Synonyms

diary journal book of original entry blotter
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