Definition of "account-book" []

• A book containing accounts, especially one containing a record of sales, purchases, and payments; a ruled book for entering details of receipts and expenditures. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "In nearby Argos, Mr. Cartledge considers the Dorians, a people of obscure origins who seem to have invaded during the so-called Dark Age of Greece, the period between the appearance in the 13th century B.C. of the Linear B account-book writings and the debut in mid-eighth century B.C. of Greek written in the alphabet still used today."
• "When he opened his shop, he saw the droppings of the wax and the account-book lying on the floor, and looking round, found four bales of stuffs missing."
• "The boys were called in, my own little account-book was dragged out of my cupboard, to prove how much I had received from each, and every farthing of my money was paid back to them."