wastebook

English

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

Etymology

Compound from English waste (empty, dejected, barren, dismal) + English book (verb, book).

Origin

English

book

Gloss

verb, book

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Person/Thing

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