passbook
Meanings
noun
- A customer's record of deposits and withdrawals from a savings account or current account at a bank, typically recorded in a small booklet. The bank keeps its own record, which is final in any dispute.
- A book that passes between a trader and a customer, used to record credit purchases.
- A kind of internal passport used during apartheid to limit the movements of citizens outside of their homelands or designated areas.
Pronunciation
Word forms
Etymology
From pass + book.
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