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account books

account books is the plural of account book.

Meaning of account book

Noun

account book (plural account books)

  1. A 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

Questions about account books

What is account books the plural of?
Account books is the plural of account book.

Words near account books in the dictionary

  1. accoucheuse
  2. accoucheuses
  3. accouching
  4. account
  5. account book
  6. account books
  7. account code
  8. account codes
  9. account current
  10. account day
  11. account days

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