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wastebook

wastebook noun: a temporary notebook in which details of transactions were entered as they happened, to be copied into formal ledgers later.

Noun

wastebook (plural wastebooks)

  1. (dated, bookkeeping) A temporary notebook in which details of transactions were entered as they happened, to be copied into formal ledgers later.

Forms of wastebook

pluralwastebooks

Origin of wastebook

From waste + book.

Questions about wastebook

What does wastebook mean?
Wastebook means a temporary notebook in which details of transactions were entered as they happened, to be copied into formal ledgers later.
What part of speech is wastebook?
Wastebook is a noun.
What is the plural of wastebook?
The plural of wastebook is wastebooks.

Words near wastebook in the dictionary

  1. wastebaskets
  2. wastebin
  3. wastebins
  4. wasteboard
  5. wasteboards
  6. wastebook
  7. wastebooks
  8. wastecan
  9. wastecans
  10. wastecoat
  11. wastecoats

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