debt-bookn.

Forms: see debt n. and book n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: debt n., book n.

Etymology: < debt n. + book n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdebt-book.

An account-book in which debts are recorded. Often figurative.

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a1600 Hooker Serm. in Wks. (1845) II. 609 We dare not call God to a reckoning, as if we had him in our debt-books.

a1617 S. Hieron Penance for Sinne in Wks. (1620) II. 90 Forgiuenesse of sins is (as it were) the wiping out of a score, or the crossing of a debt-booke.

1727 D. Defoe Compl. Eng. Tradesman (ed. 2) I. Suppl. iii. 114 The proper method for a..Debt-book, as they call it, for a small Tradesman.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	debt-book
释义	debt-bookn. Forms: see debt n. and book n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: debt n., book n. Etymology: < debt n. + book n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdebt-book. An account-book in which debts are recorded. Often figurative. ΚΠ a1600 Hooker Serm. in Wks. (1845) II. 609 We dare not call God to a reckoning, as if we had him in our debt-books. a1617 S. Hieron Penance for Sinne in Wks. (1620) II. 90 Forgiuenesse of sins is (as it were) the wiping out of a score, or the crossing of a debt-booke. 1727 D. Defoe Compl. Eng. Tradesman (ed. 2) I. Suppl. iii. 114 The proper method for a..Debt-book, as they call it, for a small Tradesman. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a1600
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