Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Com.) A book in which rough entries of transactions are made, previous to their being carried into the journal.
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- noun dated, finance A
notebook in which details oftransactions were entered as they happened; to be copied into formalledgers later
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Examples
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Christopher Marshall wastebook of accounts with the Continental Congress, page 2 1776
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Christopher Marshall wastebook of accounts with the Continental Congress, page 1 1776
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