bank-book
[See bank n.3]
a. One of the books in which the transactions of a bank are entered. b. A book furnished by a banker to each customer, containing a transcript of his account in the Bank Ledger, also called pass-book. (In both senses banker's book is also used.)
| 1714 in Lond. Gaz. No. 5266/10 Lost..Mr. Salamon of Moses Pereira's Bank Book. 1753 Hanway Trav. (1762) II. i. vii. 35 To see that his accounts agree with those of the bank books. 1884 Harper's Mag. June 28/2 I've left you my bank-book. |